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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what event does Daniel stop praying entirely?
(a) Saul's death.
(b) Klara's death.
(c) Varya's wedding.
(d) Simon's death.

2. 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 provide comfort.
(b) Because they bring communities together.
(c) Because they demonstrate what is possible.
(d) Because they are visually stimulating.

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

4. When Eddie finally agrees to tell Daniel the name of the fortune teller, her first name is Bruna. What is her last name?
(a) Rooney.
(b) Costello.
(c) Garland.
(d) Abbott.

5. When the narrator finally reveals the date foretold to Daniel as the date of his death, what is it?
(a) October 2nd.
(b) July 31st.
(c) September 30th.
(d) November 24th.

6. What fact about Saul does Daniel share with Ruby when she asks for something cool about Saul?
(a) His love of pasta.
(b) His affinity for animals.
(c) His obsession with pickles.
(d) His collection of model trains.

7. Daniel tells Eddie to stop talking after the revelation of what detail about Klara's death?
(a) Eddie says that Raj had knelt at Klara's side after entering the room.
(b) Eddie says he had tried to breathe into Klara's mouth.
(c) Eddie says that Daniel could have done so much to help Klara.
(d) Eddie says that he wishes he had died instead of Klara.

8. What does Klara tell the Mirage executives is "not enough to explain what we don't understand" (157)?
(a) Society.
(b) Religion
(c) Mythology.
(d) Reality.

9. In what year does Eddie first starting going to see Klara perform her magic act?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1963.

10. What word does Raj use when talking about magic that "needles" (235) Daniel?
(a) Trick.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Dope.
(d) Joke.

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

12. What answer does Ilya NOT provide when Klara wonders why there are so few female magicians?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The Reformation.
(c) The Suffrage Movement.
(d) The Salem Witch Trials.

13. What does Daniel reveal to Eddie that he says he has not even told to Mira?
(a) His decision to name his first daughter Klara.
(b) The relationship between the fortune teller's prediction and Klara's death.
(c) His feelings of responsibility for Klara's death.
(d) The way he had hated Klara when she experienced mood swings.

14. Daniel discovers through online research that Ruby is considered "the youngest" (216) what in Las Vegas?
(a) Acrobat.
(b) Millionaire.
(c) Magician.
(d) Illusionist.

15. When Klara sees the statue of Janus's head, it reminds her of the fortune teller. What is NOT an element over which the deity of Janus is said to preside?
(a) Fertility.
(b) Transitions.
(c) Beginnings.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the marquee say at the hotel on the night of Klara's suicide?

2. In addition to having long ago decided not to have children, what condition does Mira have that prevents her from having a child?

3. What term does Ruby accidentally use when referring to Daniel that embarrasses everyone in the room?

4. 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?

5. Once hired at The Mirage, Klara and Raj open for which act?

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