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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What draws Jacob to the window?
(a) The sight of something large and red.
(b) A nurse calls him over.
(c) A group of residents gathered at the window.
(d) A tapping sound on the window.

2. Who does Jacob think of when he returns to his room?
(a) The nurse he has a crush on.
(b) His wife of sixty years.
(c) His children.
(d) His girlfriend whom he left in the dining room with the new resident

3. Why does Jacob take a train home?
(a) Jacob has been kicked out of school for poor grades.
(b) His parents can no longer afford his tuition.
(c) His parents were killed in a car crash.
(d) Jacob has been kicked out of school for disciplinary reasons.

4. Why was Jacob's father unable to pay his mortgage?
(a) His clients were unable to pay him in cash.
(b) He could no longer work due to the depression.
(c) The mortgage payments were too high.
(d) He could no longer work due to an injury.

5. What is a cooch show in the circus?
(a) A show where animals do tricks.
(b) A show where a woman sings into a conch shell.
(c) A show where women strip for customers.
(d) A show where a woman does tricks on horseback.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jacob return to school?

2. Who is Marlena, the woman Jacob is looking for in the prologue?

3. What holds Jacob's attention in class in Chapter 2?

4. What is Jacob told as he runs toward the big top?

5. What animal appears to be missing from the circus?

(see the answer key)

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