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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part 2, Chapters 12-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Thomas Elborne?
(a) Borden's assistant.
(b) Borden's ingenieur.
(c) Borden's apprentice.
(d) Borden's best friend.

2. Whose traveling magic show did a young Alfred attend night after night in 1872, hoping to discover the secret to a trick?
(a) Rupert Angier.
(b) John Henry Anderson.
(c) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.
(d) Ching Ling Foo.

3. What was the only trick of Borden's that Angier did not attack?
(a) The New Transported Man.
(b) The Headless Magician.
(c) In a Flash.
(d) The Disappearing Magician.

4. What was Angier doing when Borden first saw him performing?
(a) Leading a seance.
(b) Performing the New Transported Man.
(c) Performing In a Flash.
(d) Card tricks.

5. What is 'the set up' of a magic trick, according to Borden's journal?
(a) Where the magician asks for a volunteer from the audience.
(b) Where the magician explains the trick to the audience.
(c) Where the audience suggests something to the magician.
(d) Where props are set up prior to the performance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the narrator in Section 2?

2. When Andrew finds out that the church did not contact him for the story, who did?

3. At what age did Borden begin performing alone on stage?

4. Who was known as Le Professeur de Magie?

5. What is the first thing Andrew does when he first arrives at the village in Part 1?

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