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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. What is the tour in Mexico supposed to do for the show?

2. The Board of the school where Dunstan is teaching wants its new Headmaster to be what?

3. What is the name of the daughter of Boy Staunton's second wife?

4. Liesl suggests that Eisengrim set up an automatic payment at the bank to do what?

5. Who is Magnus Eisengrim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Denyse's plan of getting Boy appointed Lieutenant-Governor described as a complicated plan?

2. Why does Dunstan feel that Boy is using him in his entourage?

3. Why does Dunstan enjoy writing the autobiography of Magnus Eisengrim?

4. Why is Leola a failure as a wife in Boy's eyes?

5. What happens to the young men that Boy takes under his wing in his company as prodigies?

6. Who does the head, during a magic show, say killed Boy Staunton?

7. How does Boy Staunton make a fortune during the Depression?

8. Why is Dunstan deemed unacceptable to be Headmaster at the school by the Board?

9. What memory has Boy suppressed from their childhood that shocks Dunstan when he learns Boy doesn't remember it?

10. Why does Padre Blazon, after hearing about Mary Dempster's life and death from Dunstan, believe she is a hero in God's cause?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, how has Dunstan's personality and character changed throughout the story? When he was a child, how did he deal with his problems? How does he deal with them as an adult? What was important to him as a child, and what is important to him now? Why did Dunstan's character change?

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following, and write about how the new name does or does not support the character's persona. Use examples from the text.

1. Dunstan as the Saint.

2. Percy as Boy.

3. Paul as Eisengrim.

Essay Topic 3

Both the Catholic priest in Deptford and Padre Blazon refer to Mary Dempster as a fool-saint, whereas Dunstan thinks of her as a true saint. Please explain what a fool-saint and a saint are, what the differences are between the two, and whether you agree or disagree with the characterization of Mary Dempster as a fool-saint. Support your answer using examples from the text.

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