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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. How many members of the Costello family does Eddie say are running a fortune-telling fraud ring?
(a) 18.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

3. 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?
(a) Klara's illness.
(b) Klara's lack of reason.
(c) Klara's eccentricity.
(d) Klara's giddiness.

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

5. 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) Five days.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Klara die, in relation to the fortune teller's prediction of her death date?

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

4. For what physical reason does Ilya tell Klara that she must get as good at magic as men are and then get even better?

5. After what event does Daniel stop praying entirely?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is foreshadowing employed within the passage when Raj tells Klara, "I know they're your family...but if they weren't, you wouldn't like them either" (147)?

2. 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?

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

4. What information does Eddie reveal to Daniel when they meet at the bar 14 years after their earlier meeting there?

5. Why does Klara initially take the elevator to the 45th floor of the Mirage after dropping Ruby off at day care on opening night?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What reasons does Klara give for hating to perform magic in casinos?

10. What is Raj's reaction to Klara's comments about the final trick in her magic audition and what does it reveal about his character?

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