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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 Rosie do when she sees the exit to the menagerie tent from the big top?

2. Who takes Jacob to their tent?

3. Why is elderly Jacob frightened?

4. Why can Jacob not sit with Kinko at breakfast?

5. Elderly Jacob suffers two disappointments in chapter 19. What is the second?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marlena marry August?

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

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

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

5. What does Jacob use to pay the doctor?

6. What does Jacob discover about Rosie?

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

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

9. What happens when Rosie is forced to participate in the Grand Spec before she is prepared?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss young Jacob. Why does Jacob jump the circus train? Did Jacob know it was a circus train? Was Jacob looking for a job with the circus? What is Jacob looking for at the circus? Does he find it? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss August. Who is August? What kind of person is August? What does August do to cause Jacob to fear him? What does Jacob learn about August that helps him understand August's odd behavior? What does August do to Rosie? How does Rosie respond?

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