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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does this announcement cause for August?
(a) August is forced to give up some of his animals.
(b) August does not have time to procure food for the animals.
(c) August is going to lose half his staff.
(d) August must train a new animal quickly.

2. What has made Marlena angry with August in Chapter 9?
(a) August hit Marlena for a percieved hurt.
(b) August fired Jacob.
(c) August fed her horse to the big cats.
(d) August called Marlena an unkind name.

3. Why does elderly Jacob become annoyed when Rosemary wakes him?
(a) Rosemary opens the blinds without asking his permission.
(b) Rosemary has awakened him too late.
(c) Rosemary is rude in her method to wake him.
(d) Rosemary has awakened him too early.

4. Where does Jacob meet up with Marlena the next morning in Chapter 7?
(a) Her private car.
(b) The cookhouse.
(c) The horse car.
(d) The menagerie tent.

5. Where does Jacob go when he hears the music change?
(a) Jacob runs away from the big top
(b) Jacob rushes to the big top
(c) Jacob runs toward town
(d) Jacob rushes to the train

Short Answer Questions

1. Which relatives does Jacob have trouble remembering?

2. Where does Jacob sleep his first night in his new sleeping quarters?

3. Why does Jacob help Marlena with her horse?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Stars and Stripes Forever in the circus?

2. With whom does Jacob have dinner the following night?

3. Why does Jacob lose his appetite?

4. What does Jacob complain to the nurse about?

5. Who does Jacob meet the next morning on the circus train?

6. What does Jacob conclude about Marlena's horse?

7. What news does Jacob receive in the days before his final exams?

8. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

9. Why does August not have time to secure food for the animals?

10. What does Jacob witness when he goes in search of Marlena?

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