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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 outside the window?
(a) A circus setting up a block or two away.
(b) A new resident arriving.
(c) A moving van at the house next door.
(d) An advertisment for a new senility drug.

2. Who is Jacob, the character introduced in the prologue?
(a) A cook.
(b) A circus workman.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A circus performer.

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

4. What has changed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?
(a) The plot. Chapter 2 introduces a new conflict.
(b) The setting. Chapter 2 takes place in Jacob's past.
(c) The tone. Chapter 2 begins after a new tragedy in Jacob's life.
(d) The characters. Chapter 2 contains a new main character.

5. What holds Jacob's attention in class in Chapter 2?
(a) The teacher's lecture.
(b) A fellow student's magazine.
(c) The teacher's assignment.
(d) A beautiful young woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is class interrupted?

2. Where does Jacob go when he hears the music change?

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

4. Who is August, the man Marlena is speaking to in the prologue?

5. What did Jacob's father do for a living?

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