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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the sick horse Jacob is to examine in Chapter 6?

2. What does Jacob miss about being older?

3. What job is Jacob given next, after Camel decides his first job with the circus was beneath him?

4. What is Jacob's one pleasure at the assisted-living center?

5. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purchase has Uncle Al made from the bankrupted circus that causes him a great deal of excitement?

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

3. What does Marlena ask Jacob about her horse?

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

5. What does Uncle Al think of Jacob when he interviews him?

6. What attacks Jacob later that night?

7. Who comes to Jacob's defense? Why?

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

9. Why does Jacob lose his appetite?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of greed. Why is greed a theme in this novel? What characters are influenced by greed? How do the actions of these characters affect the main characters? How would this novel have progressed differently if greed were not a theme? Would the novel change drastically without the greed of certain characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Kinko? Why does Kinko dislike Jacob in the beginning? Why is Kinko so distrusting of people? How does Kinko's stature affect his attitude toward the world in general? Toward Jacob in particular? What changes Kinko's opinion of Jacob? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Marlena. Who is Marlena? Why is Marlena with the circus? Why did Marlena marry August? Does Marlena love August? Why or why not? How does Marlena feel about Jacob? How does she show this? Why does Marlena choose Jacob over August? What does Marlena hope to get from Jacob?

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