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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Jacob about a woman he sees in the menagerie tent in Chapter 3?
(a) She is extremely fat
(b) She is extremely disfigured.
(c) She is extremely hairy
(d) She is extremely beautiful

2. 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 a car split between horses and a small room once used for goats.
(d) To the clown car.

3. What job does Jacob's new roommate have?
(a) Animal Care
(b) Clown
(c) Security
(d) Handyman

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

5. Who comes to Jacob's defense during his conversation with Uncle Al?
(a) Earl
(b) Camel
(c) August
(d) Marlena

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

7. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?
(a) A new resident, a retired actress from Hollywood.
(b) A new nurse.
(c) A new resident, a retired lawyer.
(d) A new doctor.

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

9. Who reluctantly helps Jacob with Marlena's horse?
(a) August.
(b) Marlena.
(c) Camel.
(d) Kinko.

10. Who does Jacob think of when he returns to his room?
(a) The nurse he has a crush on.
(b) His girlfriend whom he left in the dining room with the new resident
(c) His children.
(d) His wife of sixty years.

11. What kind of train does Jacob jump?
(a) A passenger train.
(b) A circus train.
(c) A freight train.
(d) A coal train.

12. What does August provide for himself, Marlena, and Jacob before dinner?
(a) Rare chocolates.
(b) Expensive gifts.
(c) Formal attire.
(d) Expensive whiskey.

13. Why does August become annoyed with Marlena over lunch in Chapter 9?
(a) Marlena refuses to make changes to her performances that August has recommended.
(b) Marlena flirts openly with Jacob.
(c) Marlena ignores August's attempts at reconciliation.
(d) Marlena feeds one of the displaced workers.

14. What does Jacob complain to the nurse about?
(a) His mushy food.
(b) The noise at the other tables.
(c) A pain in his chest.
(d) The music playing in the background.

15. Why has Jacob come to live at the assisted-living center?
(a) His family felt he could not live alone anymore and none of them could take him in.
(b) Jacob did not want to live alone anymore.
(c) Jacob lost his house in a foreclosure and had no where else to go.
(d) Jacob did not want to live with any of his children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?

2. What does Jacob's doctor believe has caused his recent outburst?

3. Who is kind to Jacob despite his foul mood at dinner?

4. Why does a customer attack the sideshow barker?

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

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