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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

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

3. Why has Jacob come to live at the assisted-living center?
(a) Jacob did not want to live with any of his children.
(b) Jacob did not want to live alone anymore.
(c) Jacob lost his house in a foreclosure and had no where else to go.
(d) His family felt he could not live alone anymore and none of them could take him in.

4. Which relatives does Jacob have trouble remembering?
(a) Everyone but his grandchildren.
(b) Everyone but his children.
(c) Everyone but his great-grandchildren.
(d) Everyone but his wife.

5. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?
(a) To protect Marlena
(b) To protect August
(c) To protect himself
(d) To protect the circus

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jacob risk by helping Marlena with her horse?

3. How does Jacob react to the nurse's response to his complaint?

4. What is Jacob told as he runs toward the big top?

5. What does August provide for himself, Marlena, and Jacob before dinner?

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