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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jacob think about as he watches?
(a) If the new game is as boring as it looks.
(b) If the circus acts are as good as Marlena's act was.
(c) If the new dancer could be any worse.
(d) If the new movie is worth watching.

3. What kind of train does Jacob jump?
(a) A freight train.
(b) A circus train.
(c) A coal train.
(d) A passenger train.

4. What does Jacob recommend be done for the horse?
(a) The horse should be taken to an animal hospital.
(b) The horse should be stalled and taken off its feed.
(c) The horse should be given to a farmer who could stall it properly.
(d) The horse should be treated with special medications.

5. Who is kind to Jacob despite his foul mood at dinner?
(a) His wife.
(b) The guest from dinner.
(c) A female resident.
(d) The nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Camel, the man Jacob meets on the train?

2. What does Uncle Al tell Jacob about the possibility of a job with the circus?

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

4. What animal is Jacob to examine the following morning?

5. Where does the nurse try to seat Jacob at dinner?

(see the answer key)

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