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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jacob told as he runs toward the big top?
(a) Jacob is told August is looking for him
(b) Jacob is told Marlena has been injured
(c) Jacob is told the animals are stampeding
(d) Jacob is told the police are raiding the train

2. Who is Jacob, the character introduced in the prologue?
(a) A circus workman.
(b) A circus performer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A cook.

3. What song does Jacob hear being played as the stampede begins?
(a) America the Beautiful
(b) Stars and Stripes Forever
(c) God Bless the Queen
(d) God Bless America

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

5. What does this guest claim to have done as a young person?
(a) Worked with Fred Astaire.
(b) Carried water for elephants in the circus.
(c) Meet Valentino.
(d) Cared for the performers in a circus.

6. Who finds bath water for Jacob?
(a) Earl.
(b) August.
(c) Camel.
(d) Kinko.

7. Where is Jacob at the beginning of his circus memories?
(a) In the train belonging to a circus.
(b) In the big top watching a circus.
(c) In the menagerie tent of a circus.
(d) In the cookhouse of a circus.

8. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?
(a) His mother's cookbook.
(b) His mother's wedding ring.
(c) His father's gold watch.
(d) His father's car.

9. Who is Marlena talking to when Jacob finds her?
(a) Walter
(b) Earl
(c) August
(d) Rosie

10. What does Uncle Al announce to the circus crew and performers?
(a) They are going bankrupt.
(b) They are adding a new act.
(c) They are going to be making cutbacks.
(d) They are moving on sooner than expected.

11. What does the doctor prescribe for Jacob after his outburst at dinner?
(a) An antipsychotic pill.
(b) Time with a counselor.
(c) A pill to help with memory disorders.
(d) An antidepressant pill that Jacob does not want.

12. Why does elderly Jacob become annoyed when Rosemary wakes him?
(a) Rosemary is rude in her method to wake him.
(b) Rosemary opens the blinds without asking his permission.
(c) Rosemary has awakened him too late.
(d) Rosemary has awakened him too early.

13. Who is Marlena, the woman Jacob is looking for in the prologue?
(a) Jacob's sister
(b) Jacob's cousin
(c) Jacob's friend
(d) Jacob's girlfriend

14. How does Jacob react to the nurse's response to his complaint?
(a) Jacob argues with the nurse.
(b) Jacob picks a fight with the new resident.
(c) Jacob insists on going to his room.
(d) Jacob knocks his plate onto the floor.

15. Why does Jacob return to school?
(a) He has nowhere else to go.
(b) He wants to make amends for his poor actions of the past.
(c) He wants to be with his friends.
(d) He wants to make his parents proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new animal does Uncle Al buy?

2. Why does Jacob object to his seating at dinner in Chapter 5?

3. What problem does this announcement cause for August?

4. What does Jacob do to irritate August when they stop that night?

5. What is Jacob studying at school?

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