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

2. What is Mira's major in college when she and Daniel first meet?
(a) Art history.
(b) Education.
(c) Library Science.
(d) Biology.

3. 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 a lack of prayer.
(b) Due to Klara's belief in its truth.
(c) Due to coincidence.
(d) Due to Gertie's constant anxiety.

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

5. What does Daniel insist to Raj that Klara had tried to do with her magic?
(a) To make money doing something she loved.
(b) To reveal some greater truth.
(c) To distract people from their problems.
(d) To make people laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Raj plan to send Klara's body for burial before Gertie forbids it?

2. Who is the only person who knows that Simon died of AIDS on the date the fortune teller foretold?

3. How do Raj, Klara, and Ruby get around to all of the different stops on their tour when they first begin touring?

4. Ruby becomes upset when Daniel tells her that her mother "didn't want to be a real" (232) what?

5. When Daniel tells Eddie that Klara had been "different" (209), what is NOT one characteristic he mentions as evidence of Klara's eccentricity?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. What changes does Daniel hear in Simon's voice when Simon calls to tell Daniel that he is sick?

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

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

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

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