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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 22-27 and Part Four: Chapters 28-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only person who knows that Simon died of AIDS on the date the fortune teller foretold?
(a) Gertie.
(b) Klara.
(c) Simon.
(d) Daniel.

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

3. What is Klara's reply when Raj asks her the secret of her Jaws of Life performance?
(a) Give the rope a tweak at the last minute.
(b) Pray.
(c) Just hold on.
(d) Count to ten before letting go.

4. 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) Their manager drives them in a tour bus.
(c) They take trains.
(d) They buy a motorhome.

5. Including Klara, how many people does Eddie say have both committed suicide and had received a reading from the fortune teller?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that the timing of Klara's Jaws of Life trick must be "perfect or" (104) it will be what?

2. 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?

3. What is NOT a piece of advice Klara sternly gives herself as she waits in the wings for her audition at The Mirage to begin?

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

5. What does the fortune teller tell Klara about the charts, calendars, fortune sticks and other paraphernalia in her apartment?

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