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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Klara sees the statue of Janus's head, it reminds her of the fortune teller. What is NOT an element over which the deity of Janus is said to preside?
(a) Transitions.
(b) Beginnings.
(c) Time.
(d) Fertility.

2. What reason does Raj provide when he tells Klara that she cannot call her family?
(a) They should not be fraternizing with thieves.
(b) He says that it will only make Klara sad.
(c) They cannot afford long-distance phone calls.
(d) He says that Ruby will find out.

3. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?
(a) Varya's engagement to Raj.
(b) Simon's birthday.
(c) Daniel's engagement to Mira.
(d) Gertie's birthday.

4. On the morning of Raj and Ruby's departure from Daniel's house, what information does Eddie call Daniel to tell him?
(a) That he had been in love with Klara prior to her death.
(b) That he has discovered five more suicides connected to the fortune teller.
(c) That the fortune teller has escaped from police custody.
(d) That the fortune teller has been cleared of all charges.

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

6. How far away from the Las Vegas Strip is the RV park called King's Row?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

7. When does Klara die, in relation to the fortune teller's prediction of her death date?
(a) Klara dies on the day the fortune teller had predicted.
(b) Klara dies one year to the day after the day the fortune teller had predicted.
(c) Klara dies the day after the fortune teller had predicted.
(d) Klara dies the day before the fortune teller had predicted.

8. How many hours early do Raj and Ruby appear for Thanksgiving dinner at Daniel's house?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

9. When Daniel concedes that the fortune teller had indeed been correct about Klara's date of death, he adds that the phenomenon had only happened due to what reason?
(a) Due to Gertie's constant anxiety.
(b) Due to Klara's belief in its truth.
(c) Due to a lack of prayer.
(d) Due to coincidence.

10. 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 steals them from the grocery store.
(c) She asks a stranger to buy them for her.
(d) She gets them from the food bank.

11. Daniel becomes unnerved by the war reenactors in part because their determination to live in the past reminds him of whom?
(a) Simon.
(b) Gertie.
(c) Saul.
(d) Klara.

12. What does Klara tell the Mirage executives is "not enough to explain what we don't understand" (157)?
(a) Society.
(b) Religion
(c) Reality.
(d) Mythology.

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

14. 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) Her hands are small.
(b) She sees the emotions behind the illusions.
(c) She has a high voice.
(d) She is short.

15. What is Mira's major in college when she and Daniel first meet?
(a) Biology.
(b) Education.
(c) Art history.
(d) Library Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of Klara's choice of rope when she enacts her suicide?

2. Klara performs Raise Rise for the Mirage executives, a trick that the narrator describes as "one of the most difficult tricks Klara knows" (155). What kind of trick is Raise Rise?

3. What type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?

4. Once on the road, Klara begins to look back with what emotion at her small shows in San Francisco?

5. What does Raj buy for Ruby on her thirteenth birthday?

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