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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the executives at The Mirage offer Klara and Raj a contract, how long do they say the couple has before their first show?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Five days.

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

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

4. At the height of their argument, Raj tells Daniel that Klara may have killed herself, but she had still exhibited more of what quality than Daniel does?
(a) Deception.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Altruism.

5. When Daniel concedes that the fortune teller had indeed been correct about Klara's date of death, he adds that the phenomenon had only happened due to what reason?
(a) Due to Klara's belief in its truth.
(b) Due to Gertie's constant anxiety.
(c) Due to a lack of prayer.
(d) Due to coincidence.

6. When Klara refuses the Mirage's entertainment director's suggestion that she let Raj saw her in half, her real reason has to do with feminist ideals rather than what other reason said to be believed by the entertainment director?
(a) She is afraid of the trick.
(b) The trick is too challenging for her.
(c) She considers the trick outdated.
(d) The trick is too gory for her taste.

7. When Klara becomes convinced that the knocks she hears are emanating from Simon's spirit, what emotion does she think he is feeling?
(a) Peace.
(b) Anger.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Affection.

8. What substance is Klara using a great deal of just prior to her suicide?
(a) Barbiturates.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Pain medication.

9. What reason does Raj provide when he tells Klara that she cannot call her family?
(a) They should not be fraternizing with thieves.
(b) He says that it will only make Klara sad.
(c) He says that Ruby will find out.
(d) They cannot afford long-distance phone calls.

10. When it begins to snow on the brief hike through Mohonk Preserve, Daniel expects Ruby to complain, but instead she does what?
(a) She makes a snow angel.
(b) She sings.
(c) She claps.
(d) She eats the falling snowflakes.

11. When does Klara die, in relation to the fortune teller's prediction of her death date?
(a) Klara dies the day after the fortune teller had predicted.
(b) Klara dies the day before the fortune teller had predicted.
(c) Klara dies on the day the fortune teller had predicted.
(d) Klara dies one year to the day after the day the fortune teller had predicted.

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

13. Klara performs Raise Rise for the Mirage executives, a trick that the narrator describes as "one of the most difficult tricks Klara knows" (155). What kind of trick is Raise Rise?
(a) A daredevil act.
(b) A disappearing act.
(c) A card trick.
(d) An optical illusion using mirrors.

14. What term does Ruby accidentally use when referring to Daniel that embarrasses everyone in the room?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Raj use when talking about magic that "needles" (235) Daniel?

2. Daniel becomes unnerved by the war reenactors in part because their determination to live in the past reminds him of whom?

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

4. What does Eddie NOT list among the work done by the Romani men?

5. The narrator states that Daniel's resentment of Simon masks the deeper truth that Daniel is angry with himself for not taking what action?

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