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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What compromise does August come up with for Rosie?
(a) Rosie is to perform with another performer.
(b) Rosie is to dance to another type of song.
(c) Rosie rides in the parade on a hippo wagon.
(d) Rosie is to be put on display in the menagerie tent.

2. What does Jacob use to pay for the doctor?
(a) His father's pocket watch.
(b) Illegal alcohol.
(c) Kinko's pay.
(d) His pay from the circus.

3. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?
(a) A new resident, a retired actress from Hollywood.
(b) A new doctor.
(c) A new nurse.
(d) A new resident, a retired lawyer.

4. Why does a customer attack the sideshow barker?
(a) He is unhappy with the barker's comments about his wife.
(b) He is unhappy with the noise the barker makes.
(c) He is unhappy with the price of the shows.
(d) He is unhappy with what he sees in the show.

5. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?
(a) His mother's wedding ring.
(b) His mother's cookbook.
(c) His father's gold watch.
(d) His father's car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses Jacob about a woman he sees in the menagerie tent in Chapter 3?

2. What does Jacob do to irritate August when they stop that night?

3. Where is Jacob taken after it is decided he will remain with the circus to examine a sick animal?

4. What has caused this illness?

5. How does Rosemary react to Jacob's anger over the blinds?

(see the answer key)

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