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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jacob find Marlena?
(a) In the menagerie tent
(b) In town
(c) In the big top
(d) On the train

2. What is Jacob doing just before the stampede begins?
(a) Caring for animals
(b) Eating
(c) Sleeping
(d) Reading

3. What does Jacob see outside the window?
(a) A moving van at the house next door.
(b) An advertisment for a new senility drug.
(c) A new resident arriving.
(d) A circus setting up a block or two away.

4. Where is Jacob at the beginning of his circus memories?
(a) In the menagerie tent of a circus.
(b) In the big top watching a circus.
(c) In the train belonging to a circus.
(d) In the cookhouse of a circus.

5. What school does Jacob attend?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) Cornell University.
(c) Notre Dame University.
(d) Duke University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is August, the man Marlena is speaking to in the prologue?

2. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?

3. Who is Marlena talking to when Jacob finds her?

4. Who is Jacob, the character introduced in the prologue?

5. Why is Jacob removed from the dining room?

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