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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacob see someone do to August at the end of the prologue?
(a) Push him in front of a stampeding elephant
(b) Hit him on the head with an iron stake
(c) Slap him for a rude comment
(d) Urge him to leave the tent

2. What song does Jacob hear being played as the stampede begins?
(a) God Bless the Queen
(b) God Bless America
(c) America the Beautiful
(d) Stars and Stripes Forever

3. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?
(a) A new resident, a retired actress from Hollywood.
(b) A new doctor.
(c) A new nurse.
(d) A new resident, a retired lawyer.

4. Who interrupts the class?
(a) The dean of students.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Marlena.

5. What kind of train does Jacob jump?
(a) A coal train.
(b) A circus train.
(c) A freight train.
(d) A passenger train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school does Jacob attend?

2. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?

3. Why is Jacob in the assisted-living center?

4. What holds Jacob's attention in class in Chapter 2?

5. What is Jacob doing just before the stampede begins?

(see the answer key)

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