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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part 4 (pages 155-182).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 focus on?
(a) Why Kate sought him out.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His start in magic.
(d) Why she sought out Andrew Borden.

2. How did Borden begin in the magic world?
(a) By building cabinets for other magicians and assisting them on stage.
(b) By performing on a street corner and accepting people's spare change.
(c) By learning magic from a private tutor.
(d) By making up his own tricks and performing for free in a local pub.

3. How many people know of Alfred's secret before he took the Pact?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) He is not sure.

4. What is the 'prestige' of a magic trick, according to Borden's journal?
(a) Where the product is revealed to the audience.
(b) The level of difficulty.
(c) When the magician explains the trick to the audience.
(d) Where the magician asks for a volunteer from the audience.

5. At what age did Borden begin performing alone on stage?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is 'the set up' of a magic trick, according to Borden's journal?

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

3. What is the priest Andrew is seeking to interview known for?

4. The climax of the Chinese magician's show was producing a(n) _______________ from nowhere.

5. What does Alfred state his memoir is meant to be an autobiography of?

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