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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the marquee say at the hotel on the night of Klara's suicide?
(a) The Immortaists, with Raj Chapal.
(b) The Immortalists, with Ruby Gold.
(c) The Immortalists, with Ruby Chapal.
(d) The Immortalist.

2. In order to avoid losing the job at The Mirage, what unwanted action does Klara accept?
(a) She allows the entertainment director to call her pet names.
(b) She allows the technician to design her lighting.
(c) She allows the costumers to create a skimpy costume for her.
(d) She allows Raj to saw her in half during the show.

3. For what physical reason does Ilya tell Klara that she must get as good at magic as men are and then get even better?
(a) Her hands are small.
(b) She has a high voice.
(c) She is short.
(d) She sees the emotions behind the illusions.

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

5. What is the newest hotel on the Las Vegas strip when Klara, Raj, and Ruby arrive to pursue a residency?
(a) The Mirage.
(b) The Tropicana.
(c) The Cosmopolitan.
(d) The MGM Grand.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eddie tells Daniel that Klara had never forgiven him for a particular action, what action does he cite?

2. On what floor of the hotel does Klara stop the elevator on opening night?

3. 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?

4. What does Daniel do for the first time after Gertie refuses to bury Klara in the family plot?

5. Once on the road, Klara begins to look back with what emotion at her small shows in San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of information does Daniel find out about Ruby and Raj when he researches them online the night of their arrival for the Thanksgiving holiday?

2. For what reason is Daniel startled when Ruby asks if he has any pictures of Klara?

3. How does Daniel's death occur?

4. What is the secret of Klara's success with the men who are auditioning her for a spot opening for Sigfried and Roy?

5. What reasons does the narrator give for Daniel's decision not to tell Mira about his and his siblings' childhood encounter with the fortune teller?

6. What is the real reason that Klara refuses the Mirage's entertainment director when he asks her to participate in an act where she will be sawed in half?

7. How is the theme of secrecy depicted in the passage when the narrator reveals that "Klara has kept two things from her siblings" (141)?

8. Why does Daniel refrain from answering Ruby when she asks him why he is not at work over the Thanksgiving holiday?

9. What is the only method Daniel finds that will allow him to contemplate the deaths of his siblings?

10. What mysterious feat does Klara perform at the audition without knowing how she has done it?

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