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

2. Whose traveling magic show did a young Alfred attend night after night in 1872, hoping to discover the secret to a trick?
(a) Ching Ling Foo.
(b) John Henry Anderson.
(c) Rupert Angier.
(d) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.

3. What does Alfred state his memoir is meant to be an autobiography of?
(a) His childhood.
(b) Himself.
(c) His dreams.
(d) His secrets.

4. What did Borden plan to do if he did not figure out Angier's illusion by the deadline he gave himself?
(a) He would set aside the feud and ask Angier directly.
(b) He would have Angier kidnapped and torturned until he revealed his secret.
(c) He would send Olive back to spy on Angier.
(d) He would blackmail Angier into giving him the answer.

5. What allegedly happened to Nicholas?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He was kidnapped.
(c) He died.
(d) He changed his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Angier would disappear for a moment in his most famous trick, where would he reappear?

2. What is Olive's last name?

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

4. Who was Thomas Elborne?

5. Who is the second woman Angier says he is in love with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Borden describe in Section 4, Part 2 about the act accompanying his New Transported Man trick?

4. How does Angier meet Julia Fensell, and how does their relationship progress?

5. What does Angier reveal about his childhood in his journal entries in Section 6, Part 3?

6. Who is Thomas Elborne?

7. What does Lady Katherine say to Andrew that utterly stuns him? Why is he so surprised?

8. Describe the situation of Angier an Borden's first meeting.

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

10. Who does the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 remember coming to their childhood home, and what was significant about the room the narrator's memory took place in?

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