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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What newspaper does Andrew work for?
(a) The Daily Planet.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The Chronicle.
(d) The Daily Times.
2. What part of his body does Alfred cut badly with a chisel when he is young?
(a) His left hand.
(b) His right hand.
(c) His left foot.
(d) His right foot.
3. How does Angier describe his first appearance on stage?
(a) Exillarating.
(b) Accidental.
(c) Humiliating.
(d) Confusing.
4. What was Angier doing when Borden first saw him performing?
(a) Performing the New Transported Man.
(b) Performing In a Flash.
(c) Leading a seance.
(d) Card tricks.
5. Whose name is on the book Andrew receives as a package?
(a) Nikola Tesla.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Rupert Angier.
(d) Alfred Borden.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Angier and Julie doing when Borden first crosses their path?
2. How did Borden and Angier's feud begin?
3. How can the journal entries in Section 6, Part 3 be described?
4. Whose perspective is presented in Section 7, Part 4?
5. What country does Angier travel to, resulting in Borden having to send letters about their feud?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Borden describe in Section 4, Part 2 about the act accompanying his New Transported Man trick?
2. What is odd about the package Andrew receives from his father?
3. What is the story of the Chinese magician that Alfred shares?
4. Did either Borden or Angier ever try to reconcile their feud? If so, what happened?
5. Andrew finds out it was not the church who contacted his newspaper about a story. Who actually contacted Andrew's newspaper, and why?
6. What is the story Borden tells in Section 4, Part 2 about how Olive Wescombe was hired, and how is it different than the story given earlier?
7. What object did the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 see that was new and frightening, and what happened in that object?
8. What is Andrew's profession and where has it taken him as the novel opens?
9. What does Alfred write about his secret in Section 2?
10. Describe Angier's most famous trick.
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