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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 is kind to Jacob despite his foul mood at dinner?
(a) His wife.
(b) The nurse.
(c) A female resident.
(d) The guest from dinner.

2. What does Jacob see outside the window?
(a) A new resident arriving.
(b) An advertisment for a new senility drug.
(c) A circus setting up a block or two away.
(d) A moving van at the house next door.

3. What makes Jacob angry after this person wakes him?
(a) The new resident being in his room--Jacob does not like him.
(b) Jacob is disappointed to be back in reality.
(c) The nurse checks his pulse and blood pressure without asking his permission.
(d) Jacob is awakened rudely.

4. What is the menagerie tent?
(a) The tent where the performers wait to go on.
(b) The tent where the managers have their offices.
(c) The tent where the animals are housed.
(d) The tent where the supplies are stored.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is class interrupted?

2. Where does Jacob end up sitting to eat his dinner?

3. Can Jacob heal the horse he examines?

4. What is Jacob doing just before the stampede begins?

5. What does Jacob do to help Kinko?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a cooch show?

2. What treat does Rosemary sneak onto Jacob's breakfast tray?

3. What does Jacob conclude about Marlena's horse?

4. Why is Marlena angry with August the following day?

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

6. What is the emergency that causes the band to play Stars and Stripes Forever?

7. Where is Jacob living in his old age?

8. What does elderly Jacob spend his day doing?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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