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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance is Klara using a great deal of just prior to her suicide?
(a) Barbiturates.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Pain medication.

2. How many month's after Klara's death is her death ruled a suicide?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Eighteen.

3. Who buys a drink for Daniel when he stumbles into a bar on Geary Street the afternoon of Klara's memorial service?
(a) Eddie.
(b) The bartender.
(c) Mira.
(d) Varya.

4. What emotion does Daniel feel when he sees the album of family photos in Ruby's hands?
(a) Hope.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Despair.
(d) Joy.

5. Just before Klara is hired by the Mirage executives, what object mysteriously appears in her hand to replace the rubber ball she had been holding?
(a) A strawberry.
(b) A key.
(c) A coin.
(d) An apple.

6. When Daniel tells Eddie that Klara had been "different" (209), what is NOT one characteristic he mentions as evidence of Klara's eccentricity?
(a) Solemnity.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Instability.
(d) Susceptibility.

7. What does Daniel do for the first time after Gertie refuses to bury Klara in the family plot?
(a) Screams at Gertie in a rage.
(b) Hits Gertie.
(c) Blames Gertie for Klara's death.
(d) Feels hatred for Gertie.

8. When Raj does not want the family to pay rent in an RV park, where do they park?
(a) Behind a boarded-up Burger King.
(b) In front of a public park.
(c) Next to a roller skating rink.
(d) In a Walmart parking lot.

9. What is the newest hotel on the Las Vegas strip when Klara, Raj, and Ruby arrive to pursue a residency?
(a) The Tropicana.
(b) The Mirage.
(c) The MGM Grand.
(d) The Cosmopolitan.

10. What type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Gin.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

11. For what physical reason does Ilya tell Klara that she must get as good at magic as men are and then get even better?
(a) She sees the emotions behind the illusions.
(b) Her hands are small.
(c) She has a high voice.
(d) She is short.

12. How does Klara acquire the jars of sweet potato baby food that she drops when she thinks she sees Eddie?
(a) She pays for them using her last two dollars.
(b) She gets them from the food bank.
(c) She asks a stranger to buy them for her.
(d) She steals them from the grocery store.

13. With whom does Klara speak on the phone after sneaking into a hotel suite on her opening night?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Gertie.
(d) Varya.

14. Eddie explains that the Costello family's scam begins with the sale of what object to a target?
(a) A knife.
(b) A candle.
(c) An apple.
(d) A cup of tea.

15. What is NOT a piece of advice Klara sternly gives herself as she waits in the wings for her audition at The Mirage to begin?
(a) Swallow.
(b) Shake out your hands.
(c) Imagine the audience in their underwear.
(d) Smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the morning of Raj and Ruby's departure from Daniel's house, what information does Eddie call Daniel to tell him?

2. In order to avoid losing the job at The Mirage, what unwanted action does Klara accept?

3. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?

4. In addition to having long ago decided not to have children, what condition does Mira have that prevents her from having a child?

5. When Eddie asks to meet with Daniel fifteen years after Klara's death, what does Daniel assume is the reason?

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