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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. How do Raj, Klara, and Ruby get around to all of the different stops on their tour when they first begin touring?
2. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?
3. When Eddie asks to meet with Daniel fifteen years after Klara's death, what does Daniel assume is the reason?
4. 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?
5. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Daniel's death occur?
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 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)?
4. Why does Daniel refrain from answering Ruby when she asks him why he is not at work over the Thanksgiving holiday?
5. What mysterious feat does Klara perform at the audition without knowing how she has done it?
6. What is the real reason that Klara refuses the Mirage's entertainment director when he asks her to participate in an act where she will be sawed in half?
7. What action does Daniel decide to take because he sees it as his only way to make an impact on future events?
8. Just before Raj convinces Klara to pursue a residency in Las Vegas for her magic act, what is meant by the narrator's statement that "Klara has always known she's meant to be a bridge" (146)?
9. How are sensory details used by the author to depict the scene when Daniel awakes first on the morning of Thanksgiving?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Klara's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Klara and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays her in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the many instances of irony within the novel's narrative and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between Klara and Simon. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of these two siblings' connection?
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