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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is class interrupted?
(a) There is a message for Jacob.
(b) One of the students made a rude remark.
(c) There is a problem with the final exam.
(d) A student let a mouse go in class.

2. Why was Jacob's father unable to pay his mortgage?
(a) He could no longer work due to the depression.
(b) His clients were unable to pay him in cash.
(c) The mortgage payments were too high.
(d) He could no longer work due to an injury.

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

4. Why does Jacob return to school?
(a) He has nowhere else to go.
(b) He wants to make amends for his poor actions of the past.
(c) He wants to be with his friends.
(d) He wants to make his parents proud.

5. What is Jacob's one pleasure at the assisted-living center?
(a) The attention of the female residents.
(b) The time to read his favorite books.
(c) The good food.
(d) The nurses who dote on him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jacob see someone do to August at the end of the prologue?

3. Who is Jacob, the character introduced in the prologue?

4. Why is Jacob removed from the dining room?

5. Why does Jacob dislike this guest?

(see the answer key)

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