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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jacob's father do for a living?
(a) He was a veterinarian.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He was a store clerk.
(d) He was a doctor.

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

3. What school does Jacob attend?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) Duke University.
(c) Notre Dame University.
(d) Cambridge University.

4. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?
(a) To protect himself
(b) To protect the circus
(c) To protect Marlena
(d) To protect August

5. 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) Urge him to leave the tent
(d) Slap him for a rude comment

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jacob find Marlena?

2. What is Jacob's one pleasure at the assisted-living center?

3. Why does Jacob dislike this guest?

4. Why does Jacob take a train home?

5. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?

(see the answer key)

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