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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. What does Daniel insist to Raj that Klara had tried to do with her magic?
2. When Eddie tells Daniel that Klara had never forgiven him for a particular action, what action does he cite?
3. Who knocks at the door of Klara's hotel suite when she is waiting for one knock from Simon that will tell her to commit suicide and to join him in the afterlife?
4. Once on the road, Klara begins to look back with what emotion at her small shows in San Francisco?
5. What is the significance of Klara's choice of rope when she enacts her suicide?
Short Essay Questions
1. What mysterious feat does Klara perform at the audition without knowing how she has done it?
2. What information does Eddie reveal to Daniel when they meet at the bar 14 years after their earlier meeting there?
3. What are the main two emotions Daniel has when thinking about Simon and which emotion does he prefer?
4. What is the only method Daniel finds that will allow him to contemplate the deaths of his siblings?
5. How are sensory details used by the author to depict the scene when Daniel awakes first on the morning of Thanksgiving?
6. 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?
7. What changes does Daniel hear in Simon's voice when Simon calls to tell Daniel that he is sick?
8. 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?
9. Why does Daniel refrain from answering Ruby when she asks him why he is not at work over the Thanksgiving holiday?
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 how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Immortalists.
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's message regarding motherhood and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of family bonds within the novel, particularly in relation to the Gold siblings and their parents. What is the author's message regarding family bonds and how do you know?
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