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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. When Eddie finally agrees to tell Daniel the name of the fortune teller, her first name is Bruna. What is her last name?

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

3. When Mira tells Daniel that people need God for the the same reason they need art, what is the reason she states?

4. How many members of the Costello family does Eddie say are running a fortune-telling fraud ring?

5. What is Mira's major in college when she and Daniel first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daniel's death occur?

2. What are the main two emotions Daniel has when thinking about Simon and which emotion does he prefer?

3. What is the real reason that Klara refuses the Mirage's entertainment director when he asks her to participate in an act where she will be sawed in half?

4. What action does Daniel decide to take because he sees it as his only way to make an impact on future events?

5. What mysterious feat does Klara perform at the audition without knowing how she has done it?

6. What detail does Daniel choose to tell Ruby when she asks him to tell her one interesting thing about her grandfather Saul?

7. What changes does Daniel hear in Simon's voice when Simon calls to tell Daniel that he is sick?

8. What kinds of information does Daniel find out about Ruby and Raj when he researches them online the night of their arrival for the Thanksgiving holiday?

9. How is the theme of secrecy depicted in the passage when the narrator reveals that "Klara has kept two things from her siblings" (141)?

10. How is foreshadowing employed within the passage when Raj tells Klara, "I know they're your family...but if they weren't, you wouldn't like them either" (147)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author's focus on the theme of transformation. What message is the author sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Chloe Benjamin's The Immortalists. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the many instances of irony within the novel's narrative and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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