1. 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 a prison cell.
(c) To the clown car.
(d) To a car split between horses and a small room once used for goats.

2. What does Jacob see someone do to August at the end of the prologue?
(a) Push him in front of a stampeding elephant
(b) Hit him on the head with an iron stake
(c) Slap him for a rude comment
(d) Urge him to leave the tent

3. What makes Jacob upset with Uncle Al in Chapter 9?
(a) Uncle Al ignores the animals of the bankrupt circus because there are none he is interested in buying.
(b) Uncle Al orders August not to feed any of the animals until negotiations are concluded.
(c) Uncle Al leaves the animals to the end of his negotiations so that the heat and weight of their care will drive down their price.
(d) Uncle Al hires a new group of men even though he has not paid the ones he has for weeks.

4. Who owns the sick horse Jacob is to examine in Chapter 6?
(a) Uncle Al and the circus.
(b) Camel and Kinko the Clown.
(c) August, the animal manager.
(d) Marlena, August's wife and the beautiful woman Jacob saw the day before.

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