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  d. Pushed Willard until they fought and Willard was booed out of the theater

  4. When Jacob Hyman claimed he had a right to the Houdini name

  a. Houdini had him humiliated in front of an audience

  b. Houdini bribed him to stop

  c. Houdini conceded

  d. Houdini rekindled their friendship and brought Hyman into his act

  XIV. Houdini’s Last Days and Death

  1. What two events marked a bad beginning to the final tour of HOUDINI?

  a. Bess broke her ankle and Houdini fractured his

  b. Bess caught pneumonia then gave it to Houdini

  c. Houdini fell ill and Bess broke her ankle

  d. Bess contracted ptomaine poisoning and Houdini fractured his ankle

  2. What was Houdini’s response to Whitehead’s aggressive attack?

  a. He said, “That will do”

  b. He fled

  c. He punched his attacker

  d. He shot his attacker

  3. Despite early signs of appendicitis

  a. Houdini performed a five-hour show

  b. Houdini went to his hotel instead of a hospital

  c. Houdini went home

  d. Houdini performed the Milk Can Escape

  4. One of Houdini’s instructions for his funeral was

  a. To be buried with both his and Bess’s wedding rings

  b. To be buried upside down

  c. To be buried with his mother’s letters

  d. To be buried in a Catholic plot so he could be with Bess

  XV. After Houdini’s Death

  1. Bess responded to her husband’s death initially

  a. By trying to forget about him

  b. By remarrying

  c. By trying communicate with him

  d. By never leaving the house

  2. Were Bess and Dr. Saint married?

  a. Yes

  b. No

  c. For a little while

  d. It is uncertain

  3. Why was Bess buried in a Catholic cemetery?

  a. She had re-converted to Catholicism

  b. Her mother forced her to be

  c. She wasn’t

  d. Houdini had wished it

  4. After his brother’s death, Dash

  a. Gave up magic

  b. Continued to perform

  c. Died after only a month

  d. Married Bess

  Test Your Knowledge Answer Key

  I. Ehrich Weiss, the Child Who Became Houdini

  1. b

  2. d

  3. a

  4. a

  II. Houdini, the Struggling Magician

  1. c

  2. d

  3. a

  4. d

  III. Houdini, the King of Handcuffs

  1. c

  2. a

  3. c

  4. b

  IV. Houdini, Back in the United States

  1. b

  2. a

  3. c

  4. b

  V. Houdini, the Aviator

  1. d

  2. b

  3. a

  4. c

  VI. Houdini, the Evolving Magician and Illusionist

  1. a

  2. d

  3. b

  4. b

  VII. Houdini, the Man

  1. c

  2. b

  3. d

  4. b

  VIII. Houdini, the Writer

  1. d

  2. a

  3. c

  4. d

  IX. Houdini, the Movie Star and Producer

  1. a

  2. c

  3. b

  4. a

  X. Houdini, the Collector

  1. d

  2. c

  3. c

  4. b

  XI. Houdini, the Crusader against Spiritualism

  1. d

  2. a

  3. b

  4. c

  XII. Houdini, the Developer and the Patriot

  1. d

  2. a

  3. c

  4. d

  XIII. Houdini, the Proud

  1. d

  2. b

  3. d

  4. a

  XIV. Houdini’s Last Days and Death

  1. d

  2. a

  3. b

  4. c

  XV. After Houdini’s Death

  1. c

  2. d

  3. a

  4. b