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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first job Jacob is given with the circus?
(a) Putting up the tents.
(b) Feeding the big cats.
(c) Mucking out the stalls for the stock horses.
(d) Cleaning the cookhouse.

2. 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.

3. Why can Jacob not change his clothes the next morning?
(a) Camel needs Jacob's help.
(b) The horse needs immediate attention.
(c) Kinko blocks his access to their room.
(d) Kinko has thrown all of Jacob's clothes away.

4. Where is Jacob taken after it is decided he will remain with the circus to examine a sick animal?
(a) To Uncle Al's private car.
(b) To the clown car.
(c) To a prison cell.
(d) To a car split between horses and a small room once used for goats.

5. What song does Jacob hear being played as the stampede begins?
(a) God Bless the Queen
(b) God Bless America
(c) Stars and Stripes Forever
(d) America the Beautiful

Short Answer Questions

1. Can Jacob heal the horse he examines?

2. Who is August, the man Marlena is speaking to in the prologue?

3. Why does Jacob go to Marlena and August's car in Chapter 7?

4. How many children does Jacob have?

5. How often does each relative come to see Jacob?

(see the answer key)

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