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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 word does Raj use when talking about magic that "needles" (235) Daniel?
(a) Dope.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Joke.
(d) Trick.

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

3. On what floor of the hotel does Klara stop the elevator on opening night?
(a) The 2nd floor.
(b) The 45th floor.
(c) The 13th floor.
(d) The 36th floor.

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

5. How do Raj, Klara, and Ruby get around to all of the different stops on their tour when they first begin touring?
(a) They buy a motorhome.
(b) They drive Raj's Ford pickup truck.
(c) Their manager drives them in a tour bus.
(d) They take trains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Eddie says that when the FBI had finished their investigation of the Costello family, they had found the family to be worth how much money?

3. 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?

4. What emotion does Daniel feel when he sees the album of family photos in Ruby's hands?

5. What does the fortune teller tell Klara about the charts, calendars, fortune sticks and other paraphernalia in her apartment?

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

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

4. For what reason does Gertie refuse to allow Klara to be buried in the family plot and which family member has the strongest reaction to her decision?

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

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

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

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

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