Water for Elephants Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Sara Gruen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Water for Elephants Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Sara Gruen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to be Jacob's roommate in his new sleeping quarters?
(a) Earl
(b) Carl
(c) Kinko
(d) Camel

2. What does the barker do to reward Jacob?
(a) Gives him a promise of a permanant job.
(b) Gives him a promise of future aid.
(c) Gives him money.
(d) Gives him a security job on the cooch show.

3. What does Jacob risk by helping Marlena with her horse?
(a) His job.
(b) His safety.
(c) His veterinarian career.
(d) His life.

4. Why is class interrupted?
(a) There is a problem with the final exam.
(b) There is a message for Jacob.
(c) A student let a mouse go in class.
(d) One of the students made a rude remark.

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

6. Why does Jacob dislike this guest?
(a) He knows he is lying and he is jealous of the attention he is getting.
(b) He dislikes braggarts.
(c) The guest is disrespectful to Jacob.
(d) He remembers this person from his own youth.

7. What is jake?
(a) Distilled whiskey
(b) Moonshine
(c) Jamaican ginger extract
(d) Rice gin

8. Who is coming to visit Jacob that day?
(a) One of his great-grandchildren.
(b) One of his children.
(c) Marlena.
(d) One of his grandchildren.

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

10. What does Jacob do to irritate August when they stop that night?
(a) Jacob refuses to check on Marlena's sick horse.
(b) Jacob overrides an order August gave the men.
(c) Jacob insults Marlena.
(d) Jacob insults Uncle Al.

11. Where does Jacob sleep his first night in his new sleeping quarters?
(a) In a sleeping bag borrowed from his roommate.
(b) Under a wet and mildewed blanket.
(c) In a soft bed.
(d) On a hammock.

12. What does Camel tell Jacob he will have to learn to get along?
(a) How to fight.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Circus lingo.
(d) Patience.

13. What does Jacob do to help Kinko?
(a) Jacob offers a solution to an illness Kinko's dog is suffering.
(b) Jacob offers to do some of Kinko's work around the circus.
(c) Jacob offers to move to a new room.
(d) Jacob offers to help care for a sick friend of Kinko's.

14. What does this guest claim to have done as a young person?
(a) Cared for the performers in a circus.
(b) Worked with Fred Astaire.
(c) Carried water for elephants in the circus.
(d) Meet Valentino.

15. What is Jacob studying at school?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Veterinary Medicine.
(d) Law

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob complain to the nurse about?

2. What animal is Jacob to examine the following morning?

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

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

5. What happens when Marlena and August dance at dinner?

(see the answer keys)

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