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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Jacob come to live at the assisted-living center?
(a) His family felt he could not live alone anymore and none of them could take him in.
(b) Jacob did not want to live with any of his children.
(c) Jacob did not want to live alone anymore.
(d) Jacob lost his house in a foreclosure and had no where else to go.

2. What does Marlena ask Jacob when they meet in Chapter 7?
(a) To tell her the truth about his feelings for her.
(b) To protect her from August and Uncle Al.
(c) To help her leave August.
(d) To tell her the truth about her horse.

3. What does August have the men store with the camels and zebras?
(a) Barrels of sweet grain for the horses.
(b) Barrels of raw meat.
(c) Barrels of valuables taken from Uncle Al.
(d) Barrels of illegal alcohol.

4. Who becomes drunk at the party in Chapter 10?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Uncle Al.
(c) Kinko.
(d) August.

5. What happens when Marlena and August dance at dinner?
(a) August has some sort of fit.
(b) August passes out from too much alcohol.
(c) Marlena becomes ill.
(d) Marlena passes out from too much alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the nurse try to seat Jacob at dinner?

2. What does the new resident say that upsets Jacob?

3. What is a cooch show in the circus?

4. Who wakes elderly Jacob in Chapter 5?

5. Why does Jacob dislike this guest?

(see the answer key)

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