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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Marlena talking to when Jacob finds her?
(a) Earl
(b) Walter
(c) August
(d) Rosie

2. 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

3. Why does Jacob take a train home?
(a) Jacob has been kicked out of school for disciplinary reasons.
(b) His parents can no longer afford his tuition.
(c) His parents were killed in a car crash.
(d) Jacob has been kicked out of school for poor grades.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the class?

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

3. What has changed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?

4. What draws Jacob to the window?

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

(see the answer key)

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