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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. Who does Dot talk to at Persifal's grave?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) God.
(d) Persifal.

2. What is the homeland of Sabine's parents?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Israel.
(d) Austria.

3. Why can Sabine no longer stay in her home?
(a) The neighborhood has gone downhill fast.
(b) All she thinks about is her last day with Parsifal.
(c) It is too big to maintain.
(d) The lease is up.

4. What can Sabine not seem to get out of her mind?
(a) Visiting the Fetters.
(b) Moving to Europe.
(c) Starting a retail business.
(d) Changing the magic act.

5. Sabine thinks about how she was not entitled to ____________________.
(a) pry into Parsifal's life.
(b) the family she received.
(c) make judgments about the Fetters family.
(d) Parsifal's estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Parsifal's hometown?

2. What conclusion do Sabine's parents arrive at regarding Parsifal's parents?

3. What kind of relationship did Kitty once have with Guy when they were younger?

4. Dot had told Kitty that Parsifal had ___________________.

5. Why does Parsifal's attorney come to see Sabine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sabine give Roger permission to call Parsifal's family and why does she not think they will contact her?

2. What does Phan tell Sabine about Parsifal coming around when he returns to her in a dream?

3. What does Phan tell Sabine in a dream after Parsifal dies?

4. What conclusion does Sabine come to regarding Parsifal's denial of any living family?

5. How do Sabine's parents feel about her going to Nebraska to visit Parsifal's family?

6. Why is lunch at the Magic Castle a bittersweet experience for Sabine?

7. What does Dot's invitation to Sabine foreshadow for the story?

8. Where does Sabine take Parsifal's mother and sister on their second day in Los Angeles?

9. What does Kitty tell Sabine about how Parsifal killed his father?

10. Who is Parsifal's mother and why does she call Sabine?

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