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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Klara performs Raise Rise for the Mirage executives, a trick that the narrator describes as "one of the most difficult tricks Klara knows" (155). What kind of trick is Raise Rise?

2. How many hours early do Raj and Ruby appear for Thanksgiving dinner at Daniel's house?

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

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

5. Daniel discovers through online research that Ruby is considered "the youngest" (216) what in Las Vegas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. How does Daniel's death occur?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within the novel The Immortalists.

Essay Topic 2

Determine the author's message regarding the idea that everyone's fate is predetermined. If she does not approve, prove it with evidence from the text and discuss the actions she presents as alternatives. If she does approve, prove it with evidence from the text and discuss the justification she provides for such an extreme position.

Essay Topic 3

What is the function of Klara's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Klara and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays her in these particular ways.

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