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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part 2, Chapters 12-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Chinese magician did Alfred observe?
(a) Foo Lang Chin.
(b) Ching Ling Foo.
(c) Foo Ling Chang.
(d) Chang Lang Foo.

2. Who did the head of the traveling magic show in 1972 write Alfred a letter of introduction to?
(a) John Henry Anderson.
(b) Ching Ling Foo.
(c) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.
(d) Rupert Angier.

3. What part of his body does Alfred cut badly with a chisel when he is young?
(a) His left foot.
(b) His left hand.
(c) His right foot.
(d) His right hand.

4. How many steps to a magic trick does Borden identify?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. Who is the package from that Andrew receives at the beginning of the book?
(a) His brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only trick of Borden's that Angier did not attack?

2. Alfred writes that the more people are fooled, ___________________.

3. The climax of the Chinese magician's show was producing a(n) _______________ from nowhere.

4. At what age did Borden leave home?

5. How did Borden and Angier's feud begin?

(see the answer key)

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