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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. Where is Jacob taken after it is decided he will remain with the circus to examine a sick animal?
(a) To the clown car.
(b) To a prison cell.
(c) To Uncle Al's private car.
(d) To a car split between horses and a small room once used for goats.

2. Who wakes elderly Jacob in Chapter 5?
(a) Rosemary, the nurse.
(b) The new resident.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

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

4. What does Jacob lament about his current circumstances?
(a) Being too tired to eat an entire meal.
(b) His inability to stay in his wheelchair all day.
(c) Being old and being treated like a fragile being.
(d) His inablity to argue for arguement's sake.

5. What does Jacob retrieve from the camel and zebra cars?
(a) The barrels of valuables.
(b) The barrels of meat.
(c) The barrels of sweet grain.
(d) The barrels of alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Camel drink jake?

2. Who is Uncle Al?

3. What does August have the men store with the camels and zebras?

4. Who does the bath water found for Jacob belong to?

5. Who interrupts the class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Jacob take on the first morning when the train stops?

2. What is jake? Why does Camel drink it?

3. Who is Jacob's roommate? What is the source of tension between these two?

4. Where does Jacob go after walking out on his final exams?

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

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

7. What is the emergency that causes the band to play Stars and Stripes Forever?

8. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

9. For how long has Jacob kept this secret?

10. What does the doctor prescribe for Jacob?

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