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help them. the magician could
teach magic tricks to cia
agents. the agents worked as
spies for the u.s.

in 1953, the cia hired john
mulholland. the cia paid him
$1,000 (u.s.). thats about $29,000 now. mulholland was a
magician. he taught the cia spies his stage tricks. this broke the
magicians code of secrecy. but mulholland wanted to help his
country.

mulhollands spy tricks were done in public. one action
distracted a person. then, the agent slyly did something else.

mulhollands magic tricks were written in manuals. one manual
told ways to pick up items. how? put something sticky on the
back of a book. put the book on a paper. then the paper could be
picked up.

need to sneak a cia agent somewhere? use a hidden
compartment. want to say something without speaking? use
shoelaces. the laces made patterns. the patterns had messages.
\i have information\ was one. \follow me\ was another.

mulhollands work was part of a larger cia plan. it was called

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the article says:
one manual told ways to pick up items. how?
put something sticky on the back of a book. put
the book on a paper. then the paper could be
picked up.

why is this in the article? it shows ______.

a. a way to use shoelaces to send a message
b. a way to sneak a cia agent somewhere
c. how to become a secret agent in the cia
d. how one of mulholland’s tricks worked

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Explanation:

The article describes a trick from Mulholland's manuals about picking up items. Option A is about shoelaces (not related to the described trick). Option B is about sneaking agents (not the focus here). Option C is about becoming an agent (irrelevant). Option D matches as it shows how one of Mulholland’s tricks (the item - picking trick) worked.

Answer:

D. how one of Mulholland’s tricks worked