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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. Which animal is the most popular that day in the menagerie tent?

2. Who does Jacob attempt to kill?

3. What is August suspicious of?

4. Where does Jacob wake the next morning?

5. Why is elderly Jacob frightened?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jacob use to pay the doctor?

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

5. Why is the train raided in Poughkeepsie?

6. Why did Marlena marry August?

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

8. What does Uncle Al use to increase ticket sales?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Marlena. Who is Marlena? Why is Marlena with the circus? Why did Marlena marry August? Does Marlena love August? Why or why not? How does Marlena feel about Jacob? How does she show this? Why does Marlena choose Jacob over August? What does Marlena hope to get from Jacob?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jacob's education. What is Jacob studying in school? Why does Jacob not finish his degree? How close is Jacob to being finished? Why does Jacob choose not to finish? How does Jacob's education help him get a job with the circus?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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