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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. What does Andrew suspect about himself, but has never told anyone?
(a) That he has a twin.
(b) That he is adopted.
(c) That his father had another secret life.
(d) That he has a special gift.

2. At what age did Borden leave home?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

3. What physical trait did the Chinese magician fake his entire life, so as not to give his trick away?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) A slow shuffling gait.
(d) A deformed hand.

4. What newspaper does Andrew work for?
(a) The Daily Planet.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The Daily Times.
(d) The Chronicle.

5. 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) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.
(c) Ching Ling Foo.
(d) John Henry Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of his body does Alfred cut badly with a chisel when he is young?

2. How many steps to a magic trick does Borden identify?

3. At whose home does Borden first see Angier performing?

4. What Chinese magician did Alfred observe?

5. What is the 'prestige' of a magic trick, according to Borden's journal?

(see the answer key)

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