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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the menagerie tent?
(a) The tent where the supplies are stored.
(b) The tent where the animals are housed.
(c) The tent where the performers wait to go on.
(d) The tent where the managers have their offices.

2. Who takes Jacob to their tent?
(a) Barbara, the cooch girl.
(b) Marlena.
(c) Camel.
(d) Uncle Al.

3. What new animal does Uncle Al buy?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A llama.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) A lion.

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

5. What does Jacob do while in this tent?
(a) Argues with circus policy.
(b) Throws up on Barbara's friend and passes out.
(c) Falls asleep in the middle of a meeting.
(d) Drinks all the jake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jacob, the character introduced in the prologue?

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

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

4. Who reluctantly helps Jacob with Marlena's horse?

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

(see the answer key)

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