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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacob retrieve from the camel and zebra cars?
(a) The barrels of alcohol.
(b) The barrels of sweet grain.
(c) The barrels of valuables.
(d) The barrels of meat.

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

3. What is a cooch show in the circus?
(a) A show where a woman does tricks on horseback.
(b) A show where animals do tricks.
(c) A show where women strip for customers.
(d) A show where a woman sings into a conch shell.

4. What does Rosemary help Jacob do next?
(a) Rosemary helps Jacob brush his hair.
(b) Rosemary helps Jacob trim his toenails.
(c) Rosemary helps Jacob take a shower.
(d) Rosemary helps Jacob out of bed.

5. Why is elderly Jacob frightened?
(a) He forgets where he is.
(b) He has chest pains and is afraid it means a heart attack is coming on.
(c) He calls Rosemary Rosie but cannot remember doing it.
(d) He cannot remember his wife's name.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Jacob happy that he can remember the nurse's name is Rosemary?

4. What draws Jacob to the window?

5. What impression makes Uncle Al think Jacob is not serious about a job with the circus? Who does Uncle Al think Jacob is?

(see the answer key)

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