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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The narrator states that Daniel's resentment of Simon masks the deeper truth that Daniel is angry with himself for not taking what action?
(a) For not helping Klara when she needed him.
(b) For not truly knowing Simon before his death.
(c) For not pursuing his own goals after Saul's death.
(d) For not going to see Simon when he was dying of AIDS.

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. Who buys a drink for Daniel when he stumbles into a bar on Geary Street the afternoon of Klara's memorial service?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Mira.
(c) Varya.
(d) The bartender.

10. Daniel becomes unnerved by the war reenactors in part because their determination to live in the past reminds him of whom?
(a) Gertie.
(b) Simon.
(c) Saul.
(d) Klara.

11. What does the fortune teller tell Klara about the charts, calendars, fortune sticks and other paraphernalia in her apartment?
(a) She considers them evil.
(b) She would be lost without them.
(c) They help her impose order on the world.
(d) They are only for show.

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

13. Just before Klara is hired by the Mirage executives, what object mysteriously appears in her hand to replace the rubber ball she had been holding?
(a) A coin.
(b) A key.
(c) An apple.
(d) A strawberry.

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

15. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?
(a) Mama now.
(b) My daddy.
(c) I cry.
(d) Come me.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it begins to snow on the brief hike through Mohonk Preserve, Daniel expects Ruby to complain, but instead she does what?

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

3. Ruby asks Daniel if he has any pictures of whom?

4. What does Klara tell the Mirage executives is "not enough to explain what we don't understand" (157)?

5. When the narrator finally reveals the date foretold to Daniel as the date of his death, what is it?

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