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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. Where does the nurse try to seat Jacob at dinner?
(a) His regular table.
(b) In his room, alone.
(c) In the game room with other male residents.
(d) A new table.

2. What does August have the men store with the camels and zebras?
(a) Barrels of sweet grain for the horses.
(b) Barrels of valuables taken from Uncle Al.
(c) Barrels of illegal alcohol.
(d) Barrels of raw meat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosemary help Jacob do next?

2. What is the menagerie tent?

3. What does the barker do to reward Jacob?

4. Which relatives does Jacob have trouble remembering?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is jake? Why does Camel drink it?

2. What is Jacob's one joy in the center?

3. What purchase has Uncle Al made from the bankrupted circus that causes him a great deal of excitement?

4. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

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

6. What does Jacob witness when he goes in search of Marlena?

7. Who is Jacob's roommate? What is the source of tension between these two?

8. What does elderly Jacob spend his day doing?

9. What attacks Jacob later that night?

10. What does the doctor prescribe for Jacob?

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