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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many children does Jacob have?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 6

4. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?
(a) To protect Marlena
(b) To protect August
(c) To protect himself
(d) To protect the circus

5. What does Jacob see for the first time during the cooch show?
(a) A nursing mother.
(b) A naked man.
(c) A naked midget.
(d) A naked woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprise does Rosemary add to Jacob's breakfast tray?

2. What does August provide for himself, Marlena, and Jacob before dinner?

3. Who does the bath water found for Jacob belong to?

4. What kind of train does Jacob jump?

5. Why does Jacob help the barker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does August not have time to secure food for the animals?

2. What news does Jacob receive in the days before his final exams?

3. Why does Jacob become angry with Rosemary, one of his nurses at the assisted-living center?

4. What job does Jacob take on the first morning when the train stops?

5. What does the doctor prescribe for Jacob?

6. What does elderly Jacob spend his day doing?

7. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

8. How does Jacob get a job working security for the cooch show that night?

9. What does Uncle Al think of Jacob when he interviews him?

10. What does Jacob see outside the center's window?

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