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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. With whom does Klara speak on the phone after sneaking into a hotel suite on her opening night?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Gertie.
(d) Varya.

2. Daniel discovers through online research that Ruby is considered "the youngest" (216) what in Las Vegas?
(a) Illusionist.
(b) Magician.
(c) Millionaire.
(d) Acrobat.

3. When Eddie tells Daniel that Klara had never forgiven him for a particular action, what action does he cite?
(a) Loving her.
(b) Running out on his family.
(c) Leaving her at the altar.
(d) Being aggressive with Simon when Simon was a teenage runaway.

4. What does Raj buy for Ruby on her thirteenth birthday?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A German Shepherd.
(c) A Shetland pony.
(d) A convertible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Klara tells the Mirage executives that it takes what element to reveal how inadequate reality is?

2. On the morning of Raj and Ruby's departure from Daniel's house, what information does Eddie call Daniel to tell him?

3. Who buys a drink for Daniel when he stumbles into a bar on Geary Street the afternoon of Klara's memorial service?

4. What reason does Raj provide when he tells Klara that she cannot call her family?

5. When Mira tells Daniel that people need God for the the same reason they need art, what is the reason she states?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Klara believes that magic is the only element that can reveal how inadequate one other element of life truly is. What is that element?

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

7. 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?

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

9. How are sensory details used by the author to depict the scene when Daniel awakes first on the morning of Thanksgiving?

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

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