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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. When Klara becomes convinced that the knocks she hears are emanating from Simon's spirit, what emotion does she think he is feeling?
(a) Anger.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Peace.
(d) Affection.

2. When Eddie asks to meet with Daniel fifteen years after Klara's death, what does Daniel assume is the reason?
(a) Eddie wants to apologize for his candor the night of Klara's memorial service.
(b) Eddie wants to talk about Ruby.
(c) There has been a break in Klara's case.
(d) Eddie is going to inquire about a job.

3. When Klara refuses the Mirage's entertainment director's suggestion that she let Raj saw her in half, her real reason has to do with feminist ideals rather than what other reason said to be believed by the entertainment director?
(a) She considers the trick outdated.
(b) The trick is too challenging for her.
(c) She is afraid of the trick.
(d) The trick is too gory for her taste.

4. What fact about Saul does Daniel share with Ruby when she asks for something cool about Saul?
(a) His love of pasta.
(b) His collection of model trains.
(c) His obsession with pickles.
(d) His affinity for animals.

5. Daniel tells Eddie to stop talking after the revelation of what detail about Klara's death?
(a) Eddie says that Daniel could have done so much to help Klara.
(b) Eddie says that he wishes he had died instead of Klara.
(c) Eddie says he had tried to breathe into Klara's mouth.
(d) Eddie says that Raj had knelt at Klara's side after entering the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it begins to snow on the brief hike through Mohonk Preserve, Daniel expects Ruby to complain, but instead she does what?

2. What type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?

3. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?

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

5. What is the significance of Klara's choice of rope when she enacts her suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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