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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. Where does Salvio take Sabine and the Fetters to lunch?

2. Who is Kitty?

3. Who goes into hysterics on the flight from Denver to Scottsbluff?

4. What does Dot notice at Sabine's house?

5. Who is Parsifal's attorney?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sabine's perceptions of Kitty?

2. Why does the Magic Castle experience jolt Sabine into reality about her life?

3. Who is Haas and what is his role in the story?

4. What shocking information does Sabine receive from Parsifal's attorney, Roger?

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

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

7. Why did Sabine marry Parsifal, a gay man?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 2

Denial seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of denial? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the lives of the characters? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 3

THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT is a classic story of loss and renewal. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

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