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

2. What does this guest claim to have done as a young person?
(a) Worked with Fred Astaire.
(b) Cared for the performers in a circus.
(c) Carried water for elephants in the circus.
(d) Meet Valentino.

3. Where is Jacob taken after it is decided he will remain with the circus to examine a sick animal?
(a) To a prison cell.
(b) To Uncle Al's private car.
(c) To a car split between horses and a small room once used for goats.
(d) To the clown car.

4. What does Jacob promise to do for Marlena in Chapter 7?
(a) Protect her from Uncle Al and August.
(b) Put her horse out of its misery.
(c) To love her always.
(d) Help her leave August.

5. What is Jacob told as he runs toward the big top?
(a) Jacob is told August is looking for him
(b) Jacob is told Marlena has been injured
(c) Jacob is told the police are raiding the train
(d) Jacob is told the animals are stampeding

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob do to irritate August when they stop that night?

2. Why is Jacob removed from the dining room?

3. What has made Marlena angry with August in Chapter 9?

4. Why is Jacob in the assisted-living center?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jacob lose his appetite?

5. What is a cooch show?

6. What does Jacob complain to the nurse about?

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

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

9. What is the significance of Stars and Stripes Forever in the circus?

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

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