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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 August invite Jacob to go that night?
(a) To a nightclub.
(b) To a church service.
(c) To a seminar on animal care.
(d) To a new restaurant.

2. Who breaks up the fight?
(a) Kinko.
(b) Marlena.
(c) A couple of workmen.
(d) Rosie.

3. How does learning Rosie's language help August?
(a) Learning commands in her language enables August to train Rosie.
(b) Learning her language makes it possible to control Rosie's theiving habits.
(c) Learning her language helps prove Rosie is stupid.
(d) Learning her language makes it possible for August to care about Rosie.

4. What secret does Marlena tell Jacob?
(a) She is leaving the circus.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is going back to August.
(d) She is filing for divorce.

5. What does Uncle Al want Rosie to do during the show?
(a) March in the Grand Spec.
(b) Balance on a ball.
(c) Perform a trick with her trunk.
(d) Allow the clowns to ride her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a fist fight?

2. Who does Jacob see kill August?

3. Who does Jacob attempt to kill?

4. What does Uncle Al reveal about August to Jacob?

5. Where does young Jacob take Marlena the morning after their fights with August?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What warning does Jacob receive that something might happen during the show that night?

3. Who becomes ill, forcing Jacob to examine him?

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

5. Why are Camel and Walter thrown from the train?

6. Why did Marlena marry August?

7. What does Jacob discover about Rosie?

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

9. What does Jacob use to pay the doctor?

10. Why is the train raided in Poughkeepsie?

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