View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Parsifal die?
(a) At home.
(b) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) Cedars Sinai Hospital.

2. What does Sabine do when she hears about the crime Parsifal committed?
(a) Cries.
(b) Faints.
(c) Screams.
(d) Drops her cigarette.

3. What television show had Parsifal and Sabine appeared on many years ago?
(a) The Ed Sullivan Show.
(b) The Merv Griffin Show.
(c) The Tonight Show.
(d) The Jack Paar Show.

4. Where does Sabine sleep while visiting the Fetters?
(a) In a guest room.
(b) At a motel.
(c) In Parsifal's bed.
(d) On a rollaway bed.

5. Who is Dot's daughter who did not accompany her to Los Angeles?
(a) Ava.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Parsifal's father killed?

2. Who is Bertie's fiance?

3. Sabine dreams that she is in the snow with whom?

4. What did Parsifal say had happened to his family?

5. Who is Parsifal's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sabine give Roger permission to call Parsifal's family and why does she not think they will contact her?

2. Why did Parsifal leave home at an early age never to return?

3. What does Dot tell Sabine about Kitty's belief that Parsifal had a photo of Kitty in his room?

4. Why does Sabine feel that she cannot stay in the big house any longer?

5. How does Sabine meet Parsifal's sister, Kitty?

6. What does Sabine think of the cemetery where Parsifal and Phan are buried?

7. Why did Sabine marry Parsifal, a gay man?

8. What had Parsifal always told Sabine about his family?

9. How does The Magician's Assistant begin?

10. What does Phan tell Sabine about Parsifal coming around when he returns to her in a dream?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 956 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample