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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Marlena, the woman Jacob is looking for in the prologue?
(a) Jacob's girlfriend
(b) Jacob's friend
(c) Jacob's sister
(d) Jacob's cousin

3. Who interrupts the class?
(a) Marlena.
(b) Rosie.
(c) The dean of students.
(d) Jacob.

4. Why does Jacob object to his seating at dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Jacob does not want to sit with the new resident who lies about the elephants.
(b) Jacob does not want to sit with new people.
(c) Jacob does not want to be isolated from the women.
(d) Jacob does not want to sit alone.

5. What impression makes Uncle Al think Jacob is not serious about a job with the circus? Who does Uncle Al think Jacob is?
(a) A kid on the run from the police.
(b) A kid who has run away from a boring future.
(c) A kid with no where else to go.
(d) A kid who has run away from his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the new resident say that upsets Jacob?

2. Who is to be Jacob's roommate in his new sleeping quarters?

3. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?

4. Who wakes elderly Jacob in Chapter 5?

5. Who does Jacob think of when he returns to his room?

(see the answer key)

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