View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which relatives does Jacob normally know?
(a) His grandchildren.
(b) His children.
(c) His great-grandchildren.
(d) His siblings.

2. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?
(a) His father's gold watch.
(b) His mother's wedding ring.
(c) His mother's cookbook.
(d) His father's car.

3. Who does Jacob think of when he returns to his room?
(a) The nurse he has a crush on.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife of sixty years.
(d) His girlfriend whom he left in the dining room with the new resident

4. Who is Marlena, the woman Jacob is looking for in the prologue?
(a) Jacob's cousin
(b) Jacob's girlfriend
(c) Jacob's sister
(d) Jacob's friend

5. What has changed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?
(a) The characters. Chapter 2 contains a new main character.
(b) The tone. Chapter 2 begins after a new tragedy in Jacob's life.
(c) The plot. Chapter 2 introduces a new conflict.
(d) The setting. Chapter 2 takes place in Jacob's past.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the new resident say that upsets Jacob?

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

4. What holds Jacob's attention in class in Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jacob agree to do for Marlena?

3. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

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

5. What does elderly Jacob spend his day doing?

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

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

8. For how long has Jacob kept this secret?

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

10. What attacks Jacob later that night?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 861 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample