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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the menagerie tent?
(a) The tent where the managers have their offices.
(b) The tent where the animals are housed.
(c) The tent where the performers wait to go on.
(d) The tent where the supplies are stored.

2. What draws Jacob to the window?
(a) A nurse calls him over.
(b) The sight of something large and red.
(c) A tapping sound on the window.
(d) A group of residents gathered at the window.

3. Why does Camel drink jake?
(a) It is Prohibition and it is the only alcohol he can find.
(b) It is tasty.
(c) It was a gift.
(d) It is cheap.

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

5. Why is Jacob in the assisted-living center?
(a) He wants to be near people his own age.
(b) He is old.
(c) He has no family to care for him.
(d) He broke his hip and needs extra help while he recovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob see for the first time during the cooch show?

2. Who is Uncle Al?

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

4. Where does Jacob sleep his first night in his new sleeping quarters?

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

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