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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of Klara's choice of rope when she enacts her suicide?
(a) It is the length of rope her father Saul always used to tether his boat to the dock.
(b) It is part of a set of reins belonging to her favorite horse.
(c) It is the first rope she ever used for her Jaws of Life act.
(d) It is the frayed piece of rope her brother Simon had always used as a belt.

2. How many month's after Klara's death is her death ruled a suicide?
(a) Six.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. What type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?
(a) Rum.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Gin.

4. Klara tells the Mirage executives that it takes what element to reveal how inadequate reality is?
(a) Courage.
(b) Magic.
(c) Trust.
(d) Faith.

5. Ruby becomes upset when Daniel tells her that her mother "didn't want to be a real" (232) what?
(a) Magician.
(b) Woman.
(c) Person.
(d) Mother.

6. When Eddie tells Daniel that Klara had never forgiven him for a particular action, what action does he cite?
(a) Being aggressive with Simon when Simon was a teenage runaway.
(b) Running out on his family.
(c) Leaving her at the altar.
(d) Loving her.

7. Daniel does not want Mira to equate him with his sister Klara. What is NOT one element he names as a trait of Klara's that he does not want associated with himself?
(a) Klara's lack of reason.
(b) Klara's illness.
(c) Klara's eccentricity.
(d) Klara's giddiness.

8. What does Daniel insist to Raj that Klara had tried to do with her magic?
(a) To reveal some greater truth.
(b) To distract people from their problems.
(c) To make people laugh.
(d) To make money doing something she loved.

9. Eddie says that when the FBI had finished their investigation of the Costello family, they had found the family to be worth how much money?
(a) $16 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $200 million.
(d) $5 million.

10. In addition to having long ago decided not to have children, what condition does Mira have that prevents her from having a child?
(a) Uterine cysts.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Collapsed fallopian tubes.
(d) Endometriosis.

11. When Raj does not want the family to pay rent in an RV park, where do they park?
(a) Behind a boarded-up Burger King.
(b) In a Walmart parking lot.
(c) In front of a public park.
(d) Next to a roller skating rink.

12. How do Raj, Klara, and Ruby get around to all of the different stops on their tour when they first begin touring?
(a) They drive Raj's Ford pickup truck.
(b) They buy a motorhome.
(c) They take trains.
(d) Their manager drives them in a tour bus.

13. What substance is Klara using a great deal of just prior to her suicide?
(a) Barbiturates.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Pain medication.

14. On the morning of Raj and Ruby's departure from Daniel's house, what information does Eddie call Daniel to tell him?
(a) That he has discovered five more suicides connected to the fortune teller.
(b) That he had been in love with Klara prior to her death.
(c) That the fortune teller has escaped from police custody.
(d) That the fortune teller has been cleared of all charges.

15. When Mira tells Daniel that people need God for the the same reason they need art, what is the reason she states?
(a) Because they demonstrate what is possible.
(b) Because they provide comfort.
(c) Because they bring communities together.
(d) Because they are visually stimulating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?

2. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?

3. Eddie explains that the Costello family's scam begins with the sale of what object to a target?

4. Where does Raj plan to send Klara's body for burial before Gertie forbids it?

5. Daniel becomes unnerved by the war reenactors in part because their determination to live in the past reminds him of whom?

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