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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. Why does Jacob agree to sit at his old table?

2. What does Uncle Al want Rosie to do?

3. How does August react when he finds Jacob and Marlena in his tent?

4. How do Marlena and Jacob get separated from August?

5. What surprise does Marlena arrange for August?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jacob discover about Rosie?

5. How does August react to Marlena's surprise?

6. What surprise does Marlena arrange for August after Rosie's first successful show?

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

8. Why did Marlena marry August?

9. What does Jacob use to pay the doctor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is redlighted? How is someone redlighted? Why does Uncle Al redlight his workers? Why does Uncle Al not simply fire these people? Is redlighting legal? Could this happen in modern times? Are Camel and Walter redlighted? Why? What does Jacob eventually learn happened to them? Why does Jacob not go back to look for them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Uncle Al. Why does Uncle Al want an elephant? How does an elephant elevate the status of the circus? Why does Uncle Al refuse to pay his workers? Why do the workers not leave? Why does Uncle Al want Marlena and August to stay together? Why does Uncle Al force Jacob to promise to bring Marlena and August back together? What does Uncle Al threaten to do if Jacob does not help bring Marlena and August back together?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Jacob, the elderly man? Why is Jacob living in the assisted-living center? What does Jacob feel the center has taken from him? Why does Jacob resist the help of the nurses? Why does Jacob dislike the new resident, the lawyer who claims to have brought water to elephants as a young man? Why does Jacob not believe this man's claims? How would Jacob know?

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