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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 is a cooch show in the circus?
(a) A show where a woman does tricks on horseback.
(b) A show where animals do tricks.
(c) A show where women strip for customers.
(d) A show where a woman sings into a conch shell.

2. Why is Jacob in the assisted-living center?
(a) He wants to be near people his own age.
(b) He broke his hip and needs extra help while he recovers.
(c) He has no family to care for him.
(d) He is old.

3. What does Jacob do to irritate August when they stop that night?
(a) Jacob insults Marlena.
(b) Jacob insults Uncle Al.
(c) Jacob refuses to check on Marlena's sick horse.
(d) Jacob overrides an order August gave the men.

4. What does Jacob see someone do to August at the end of the prologue?
(a) Urge him to leave the tent
(b) Slap him for a rude comment
(c) Push him in front of a stampeding elephant
(d) Hit him on the head with an iron stake

5. What happens when Marlena and August dance at dinner?
(a) Marlena passes out from too much alcohol.
(b) August passes out from too much alcohol.
(c) Marlena becomes ill.
(d) August has some sort of fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jacob return to school?

2. Why does Jacob help the barker?

3. Why does a customer attack the sideshow barker?

4. Who is Uncle Al?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Jacob studying in school? What are his plans after he gets his degree?

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

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

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

6. Where is Jacob living in his old age?

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

8. Where does Jacob go after walking out on his final exams?

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

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

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