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

2. Who becomes the narrator in Section 2?
(a) Nikola Testla.
(b) Alfred Borden.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Rupert Angier.

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

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

5. Who narrates Section 6, Part 3?
(a) Borden.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Kate.
(d) Angier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 focus on?

2. How long after Borden ruined his performance does Angier die?

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

4. Whose perspective is presented in Section 7, Part 4?

5. How did Borden begin in the magic world?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Borden and Olive's relationship change in Section 4, Part 2?

2. What object did the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 see that was new and frightening, and what happened in that object?

3. How does the narration change in Section 2, and what does it focus on?

4. What is the story of the Chinese magician that Alfred shares?

5. Describe Angier's most famous trick.

6. Who is Thomas Elborne?

7. Andrew finds out it was not the church who contacted his newspaper about a story. Who actually contacted Andrew's newspaper, and why?

8. Describe Angier's first attempts at performing illusions on stage.

9. What does Alfred write about his secret in Section 2?

10. How does Borden and Angier's feud begin?

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