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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What fact about Saul does Daniel share with Ruby when she asks for something cool about Saul?

4. Daniel tells Eddie to stop talking after the revelation of what detail about Klara's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Raj's reaction to Klara's comments about the final trick in her magic audition and what does it reveal about his character?

3. How are sensory details used by the author to depict the scene when Daniel awakes first on the morning of Thanksgiving?

4. What mysterious feat does Klara perform at the audition without knowing how she has done it?

5. What changes does Daniel hear in Simon's voice when Simon calls to tell Daniel that he is sick?

6. Why does Daniel refrain from answering Ruby when she asks him why he is not at work over the Thanksgiving holiday?

7. 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?

8. Klara believes that magic is the only element that can reveal how inadequate one other element of life truly is. What is that element?

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

10. Why does Klara initially take the elevator to the 45th floor of the Mirage after dropping Ruby off at day care on opening night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the characterization arc of Varya’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of The Immortalists using the third-person omniscient point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding these themes?

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