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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Jacob find Marlena?
(a) On the train
(b) In town
(c) In the big top
(d) In the menagerie tent

3. What impresses Jacob about a woman he sees in the menagerie tent in Chapter 3?
(a) She is extremely fat
(b) She is extremely hairy
(c) She is extremely disfigured.
(d) She is extremely beautiful

4. Who is Camel, the man Jacob meets on the train?
(a) Camel is the owner of the circus.
(b) Camel is a worker with the circus who promises to help Jacob get a job.
(c) Camel is a cop sent to raid the circus.
(d) Camel is one of the animals with the circus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first job Jacob is given with the circus?

2. What animal appears to be missing from the circus?

3. What is Jacob studying at school?

4. Why does a customer attack the sideshow barker?

5. What school does Jacob attend?

(see the answer key)

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