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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kate's father dare Clive Borden to do?
(a) Meet him in a gaveyard at midnight.
(b) Step into a large contraption.
(c) Perform a magic trick on the spot.
(d) Nothing, it was Clive who dared Kate's father to do something.

2. What does Borden do at Angier's show to wreak havoc?
(a) Turns the power off.
(b) Writes on Angier's queue cards.
(c) Heckles Angier from the audience.
(d) Steals Angier's props.

3. What building does Andrew travel to for his story as the book opens?
(a) Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints.
(b) Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
(c) Rapturous Church of Jesus Christ.
(d) Glorioos Church of Jesus Christ.

4. When Borden is backstage at Angier's show in Section 5, Part 2, what does he find beneath the stage?
(a) A very large converter.
(b) A loaded gun.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A large class case filled with an unknown substance.

5. What country does Angier travel to, resulting in Borden having to send letters about their feud?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) America.

6. After Angier would disappear for a moment in his most famous trick, where would he reappear?
(a) On the other side of the stage.
(b) In the ceiling rafters.
(c) In the middle of the audience.
(d) In the back of the auditorium.

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

8. What Chinese magician did Alfred observe?
(a) Ching Ling Foo.
(b) Foo Lang Chin.
(c) Foo Ling Chang.
(d) Chang Lang Foo.

9. What did Kate see in the room she secretly followed her father into?
(a) A small oval object covered in a sheet.
(b) A large contraption that sparked.
(c) A large square object covered in a sheet.
(d) A dead body.

10. The Machine used for the New Transporting Man is designed to make the audience a bit __________.
(a) Confused.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Happy.

11. How does Borden think Angier's main illusion compares to his own?
(a) Borden thinks Angier's to too similar to his own.
(b) Borden thinks Angier has bettered the illustion.
(c) Borden thinks Angier's illusion is too easy to figure out.
(d) Borden thinks his own illusion is more flashy that Angier's.

12. How does Borden get backstage as one of Angier's shows in Section 5, Part 2?
(a) He attends as an audience member and sneaks backstage.
(b) He pretends to be a stagehand and walks backstate without a problem.
(c) He causes a large scene with a stagehand and is let backstage to quiet the scene.
(d) He pays one of the stagehands to let him in a backdoor.

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

14. How does Angier describe his first appearance on stage?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Accidental.
(c) Exillarating.
(d) Humiliating.

15. How many years pass in the gap between journal entries in Section 5, Part 2?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name is on the book Andrew receives as a package?

2. What child did Kate meet when she was younger?

3. At the end of Section 2, Alfred states he will not reveal his secret so long as what?

4. What was Angier's most famous magic trick called?

5. How does Borden think Angier accomplishes his illusion that is similar to Borden's?

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