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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. Which of the following does Sabine NOT do during the next few days at the Fetters home?

2. Why are Kitty's sons interested in Sabine?

3. Who do Kitty and Sabine encounter at the store in #112?

4. Who had invited Sabine to dinner after their appearance on The Tonight Show?

5. Where does Kitty take Sabine that Sabine has never been before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bertie and Haas' behavior at the hospital remind Sabine of Parsifal and Phan?

2. What does Sabine wonder about the residents of Alliance as they drive Bertie to the emergency room?

3. How does Sabine come to realize that Parsifal had had a hard life long before she met him?

4. Why does Kitty fear that Sabine will never want to visit the Fetters family again?

5. Why does Dot take Sabine to the top of a knoll?

6. How is Parsifal's true past so different from the one Sabine had always envisioned?

7. What is so unique about Sabine's trip to Wal-Mart?

8. How does Sabine finally understand why Parsifal had to escape his past?

9. Why does Sabine realize a newfound respect for Howard?

10. What news does Sabine tell the Fetters family that upsets them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 2

Does Patchett end the story on a note of hope for Sabine or the continuance of her struggle to come to terms with the loss of Parsifal in her life? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The search for love is an important theme in THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT. Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answer.

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