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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 does Jacob miss about being older?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His independence.
(c) His young appearance.
(d) His health.

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

3. What did Jacob's father do for a living?
(a) He was a store clerk.
(b) He was a veterinarian.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a doctor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Al tell Jacob about the possibility of a job with the circus?

2. Which relatives does Jacob normally know?

3. Which relatives does Jacob have trouble remembering?

4. What school does Jacob attend?

5. Why is class interrupted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What animal does Jacob notice missing from the circus' group of exotic animals?

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

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

4. How many children does Jacob have?

5. Where is Jacob living in his old age?

6. What does the doctor prescribe for Jacob?

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

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

9. For how long has Jacob kept this secret?

10. What does elderly Jacob spend his day doing?

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