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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. Whose safety is Jacob concerned about?
(a) Kinko's
(b) His own
(c) Marlena's
(d) Rosie's

2. Why can Jacob not sit with Kinko at breakfast?
(a) Jacob is not liked by Kinko's other friends.
(b) Kinko's table is overcrowded already.
(c) Uncle Al does not allow the clowns to socialize with other workers.
(d) It goes against circus ettiquette.

3. Where do Walter and Jacob hide Camel in the meantime?
(a) In Marlena's state car.
(b) In the cookhouse.
(c) In the big cat car.
(d) In their room.

4. Who does Jacob see beating a stampeding Rosie?
(a) Kinko.
(b) Marlena.
(c) Uncle Al.
(d) August.

5. Why is the train raided in Poughkepsie?
(a) To rid it of illegal alcohol.
(b) To recover stolen money and property.
(c) To search for illegal aliens.
(d) To rid it of illegal drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arranges for a doctor?

2. Where does Jacob wake the next morning?

3. Elderly Jacob suffers two disappointments in chapter 19. What is the first?

4. Who does Jacob see kill August?

5. What does Jacob do while in this tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jacob has too much to drink?

2. How does Jacob convince Uncle Al to keep August from Marlena?

3. What happens after Jacob and Marlena escape the club?

4. What happens when Jacob goes into Chicago with August and Marlena?

5. Why did Marlena marry August?

6. How does August react to Marlena's injuries?

7. What does Jacob discover about Rosie?

8. What does Uncle Al want young Jacob to do in the aftermath of Marlena's choice to leave August?

9. Why is the train raided in Poughkeepsie?

10. What does elderly Jacob learn about Rosemary that upsets him?

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