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

2. How many Mirage executives attend Klara's audition?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

3. Where does Raj plan to send Klara's body for burial before Gertie forbids it?
(a) To Staten Island.
(b) To Queens.
(c) To Newport.
(d) To the Dominican Republic.

4. What does Daniel do for the first time after Gertie refuses to bury Klara in the family plot?
(a) Hits Gertie.
(b) Screams at Gertie in a rage.
(c) Feels hatred for Gertie.
(d) Blames Gertie for Klara's death.

5. 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 key.
(b) A strawberry.
(c) An apple.
(d) A coin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knocks at the door of Klara's hotel suite when she is waiting for one knock from Simon that will tell her to commit suicide and to join him in the afterlife?

2. After what event does Daniel stop praying entirely?

3. Eddie explains that the Costello family's scam begins with the sale of what object to a target?

4. 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?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action does Daniel decide to take because he sees it as his only way to make an impact on future events?

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

3. What problem does Klara develop after SImon's death?

4. Just before Raj convinces Klara to pursue a residency in Las Vegas for her magic act, what is meant by the narrator's statement that "Klara has always known she's meant to be a bridge" (146)?

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

7. What are the main two emotions Daniel has when thinking about Simon and which emotion does he prefer?

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

9. What detail does Daniel choose to tell Ruby when she asks him to tell her one interesting thing about her grandfather Saul?

10. How does Daniel's death occur?

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