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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jacob do to help Kinko?
2. What does Marlena ask Jacob when they meet in Chapter 7?
3. Who owns the sick horse Jacob is to examine in Chapter 6?
4. What problem does this announcement cause for August?
5. Who wakes elderly Jacob in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. With whom does Jacob have dinner the following night?
2. What is Jacob's one joy in the center?
3. Where is Jacob living in his old age?
4. What does Jacob conclude about Marlena's horse?
5. What does Jacob see outside the center's window?
6. Why does Jacob become angry with Rosemary, one of his nurses at the assisted-living center?
7. What does Uncle Al think of Jacob when he interviews him?
8. What is the significance of Stars and Stripes Forever in the circus?
9. Why does August not have time to secure food for the animals?
10. What animal does Jacob notice missing from the circus' group of exotic animals?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Rosie? Why is Rosie important to the plot? Why does it take so long for people to figure out that Rosie speaks Polish? Why does Rosie speak Polish? How does learning this change the way Rosie is treated? How does August treat Rosie? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Kinko? Why does Kinko dislike Jacob in the beginning? Why is Kinko so distrusting of people? How does Kinko's stature affect his attitude toward the world in general? Toward Jacob in particular? What changes Kinko's opinion of Jacob? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the death of Jacob's parents. How does this death affect Jacob? What does Jacob's parents leave their son after their deaths? How do the deaths of his parents leave Jacob's future plans irrevocably changed? Why does Jacob react to these deaths by boarding a circus train?
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