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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does August want Jacob to tell him?
(a) Where Marlena is.
(b) That he will quit the circus.
(c) What Uncle Al said.
(d) Where Camel is hiding.

2. What has caused this illness?
(a) An infection from a prior injury.
(b) Spoiled food.
(c) Tainted jake.
(d) A virus spreading through the city.

3. Where does Jacob wake the next morning?
(a) In his own room.
(b) In the big top.
(c) Inside a clown trunk, wearing clown makeup.
(d) In the big cat car.

4. What does Uncle Al want Jacob to do?
(a) Uncle Al wants Jacob to get August and Marlena back together.
(b) Uncle Al wants Jacob to leave the circus.
(c) Uncle Al wants Jacob to force Marlena to leave the circus.
(d) Uncle Al wants Jacob to force August to leave the circus.

5. Where does young Jacob take Marlena the morning after their fights with August?
(a) To Uncle Al.
(b) To her mother's house.
(c) To the police.
(d) To a motel.

6. Who is Jacob told has become ill?
(a) Marlena.
(b) Camel.
(c) August.
(d) Kinko.

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

8. What is August suspicious of?
(a) Job cuts by Uncle Al.
(b) That Rosie is not intelligent enough to learn a performance.
(c) Stealing by one of his employees.
(d) Jacob and Marlena.

9. What does Jacob do that causes Marlena to leave him alone in an alley?
(a) Jacob tells Marlena she should not drink.
(b) Jacob kisses Marlena.
(c) Jacob makes fun of Marlena's torn stockings.
(d) Jacob tells Marlena she should divorce August.

10. What surprise does Marlena arrange for August?
(a) A gift of a new gold ring.
(b) A new costume.
(c) A new horse.
(d) Dinner with her, Jacob, and Rosie.

11. Why does Marlena refuse to leave with Jacob immediately?
(a) She wants to take Rosie too.
(b) She wants to take her horses.
(c) She wants to say goodbye to her friends.
(d) She wants to get some money from her stateroom.

12. What is Kinko's real name?
(a) Walter.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Laurence.
(d) Robert.

13. What does Rosie do when she sees the exit to the menagerie tent from the big top?
(a) Rosie stops, refusing to move in any direction.
(b) Rosie tramples a clown.
(c) Rosie runs the opposite direction.
(d) Rosie runs to the menagerie tent.

14. Who is caught stealing lemonade?
(a) The workmen.
(b) August.
(c) Marlena.
(d) Rosie.

15. How does Uncle Al use this death to increase ticket sales?
(a) He makes her body an exhibit with the side show.
(b) He throws a funeral parade.
(c) He does multiple interviews about the sadness of the situation.
(d) He offers free souvenirs in her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Uncle Al failed to buy for his new workers?

2. Who arranges for a doctor?

3. Where do Walter and Jacob hide Camel in the meantime?

4. Where does August invite Jacob to go that night?

5. How do Marlena and Jacob get separated from August?

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