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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 Mirage executives attend Klara's audition?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

2. How many members of the Costello family does Eddie say are running a fortune-telling fraud ring?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 4.

3. Including Klara, how many people does Eddie say have both committed suicide and had received a reading from the fortune teller?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

4. When the executives at The Mirage offer Klara and Raj a contract, how long do they say the couple has before their first show?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Five days.

5. 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) Smile.
(b) Imagine the audience in their underwear.
(c) Swallow.
(d) Shake out your hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Klara becomes convinced that the knocks she hears are emanating from Simon's spirit, what emotion does she think he is feeling?

2. What answer does Ilya NOT provide when Klara wonders why there are so few female magicians?

3. What does the marquee say at the hotel on the night of Klara's suicide?

4. On what floor of the hotel does Klara stop the elevator on opening night?

5. What is Mira's major in college when she and Daniel first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the narrator give for Daniel's decision not to tell Mira about his and his siblings' childhood encounter with the fortune teller?

2. How is foreshadowing employed within the passage when Raj tells Klara, "I know they're your family...but if they weren't, you wouldn't like them either" (147)?

3. What action does Daniel decide to take because he sees it as his only way to make an impact on future events?

4. What is the only method Daniel finds that will allow him to contemplate the deaths of his siblings?

5. What is the secret of Klara's success with the men who are auditioning her for a spot opening for Sigfried and Roy?

6. What reasons does Klara give for hating to perform magic in casinos?

7. What kinds of information does Daniel find out about Ruby and Raj when he researches them online the night of their arrival for the Thanksgiving holiday?

8. For what reason does Gertie refuse to allow Klara to be buried in the family plot and which family member has the strongest reaction to her decision?

9. What detail does Daniel choose to tell Ruby when she asks him to tell her one interesting thing about her grandfather Saul?

10. How does Daniel's death occur?

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