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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a customer attack the sideshow barker?
(a) He is unhappy with what he sees in the show.
(b) He is unhappy with the price of the shows.
(c) He is unhappy with the barker's comments about his wife.
(d) He is unhappy with the noise the barker makes.

2. What does Jacob discover when he returns to his room?
(a) August has been murdered by someone else.
(b) Marlena has been redlighted.
(c) Walter and Camel have been redlighted.
(d) Uncle Al has been murdered.

3. Why is Jacob removed from the dining room?
(a) He is finished eating.
(b) He is rude to the nurses.
(c) He argues with the new resident.
(d) He becomes ill.

4. Why does Jacob help the barker?
(a) It ingratiates him with the circus owner.
(b) It gets him a better job.
(c) Its the right thing to do.
(d) It ingratiates him with the workers.

5. What has Uncle Al failed to buy for his new workers?
(a) Drink
(b) Uniforms.
(c) Sleeping cars.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Jacob's new roommate have?

2. What does Jacob retrieve from the camel and zebra cars?

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

4. How does August react when he finds Jacob and Marlena in his tent?

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

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