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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. Who interrupts the class?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Marlena.
(d) The dean of students.

2. Who is Uncle Al?
(a) The accountant for the circus.
(b) The manager of the performers
(c) The manager of the animals
(d) The owner of the circus

3. What is the first job Jacob is given with the circus?
(a) Feeding the big cats.
(b) Putting up the tents.
(c) Cleaning the cookhouse.
(d) Mucking out the stalls for the stock horses.

4. Why is class interrupted?
(a) A student let a mouse go in class.
(b) One of the students made a rude remark.
(c) There is a message for Jacob.
(d) There is a problem with the final exam.

5. Why does Camel drink jake?
(a) It is tasty.
(b) It is cheap.
(c) It is Prohibition and it is the only alcohol he can find.
(d) It was a gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosemary react to Jacob's anger over the blinds?

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

3. Who is Camel, the man Jacob meets on the train?

4. Who is coming to visit Jacob that day?

5. What does Uncle Al tell Jacob about the possibility of a job with the circus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What have Jacob's parents left to him?

2. How many children does Jacob have?

3. Where is Jacob living in his old age?

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

5. What animal does Jacob notice missing from the circus' group of exotic animals?

6. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

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

8. What ruins Jacob's one joy in the center?

9. Who does Jacob meet the next morning on the circus train?

10. For how long has Jacob kept this secret?

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