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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. When Klara becomes convinced that the knocks she hears are emanating from Simon's spirit, what emotion does she think he is feeling?

2. When Eddie finally agrees to tell Daniel the name of the fortune teller, her first name is Bruna. What is her last name?

3. What does Raj buy for Ruby on her thirteenth birthday?

4. When Raj does not want the family to pay rent in an RV park, where do they park?

5. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of revolution treated within the novel and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted eras?

Essay Topic 3

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

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