Abracadabra!

Abracadabra!

Lesson 7E

Multiple Choice

What are TWO helpful suggestions about doing magic tricks that you learned from the story?

• tell the audience how to do the trick

• practice

• do the trick very slowly

• do the trick with your feet

• make people laugh

Multiple Choice

Why must the glass with the paper glued to it be transparent?

• It doesn't. You can use an opaque glass.

• Because it looks nicer.

• So the audience can see through the glass.

• It's a magician's rule

Multiple Choice

Can a magician make any object vanish with the glass trick?

• Yes, as long as it is round.

• No, only small, flat objects.

• Yes, as long as it's made of glass.

• No, it has to be made of paper.

Multiple Choice

What do you have to be especially careful about when doing the card trick?

• You have to make sure the audience doesn't see the 4 additional cards.

• You have to make sure the audience sees all 8 cards.

• You have to make sure that you are using 4 queens.

• You have to make sure that you use the right magic words.

Multiple Choice

Why do you think magicians are not likely to tell their fans how they do their magic tricks?

• They don't want their tricks stolen.

• They can't remember the steps.

• They want the audience to be mystified.

• Then no one will buy their books on magic tricks.

Multiple Choice

Why should you pause after saying, "Thank you for helping me?"

• To make people think you forgot what you were doing.

• So that the person can say, "You're welcome!"

• So you can hide the other dollar.

• You want to make sure everyone is listening to the joke.

Multiple Choice

What is one skill you must have to do the trick with the dollar bill?

• You must be able to memorize a long number.

• You must be able to draw a realistic dollar bill.

• You must know how to steal a dollar.

• You must know hot to change a dollar bill into quarters.

Open Ended

What do you think would be the hardest part of the trick with the crumpled dollar bill?