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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 22-27 and Part Four: Chapters 28-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) December.
(d) August.

2. What substance is Klara using a great deal of just prior to her suicide?
(a) Pain medication.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Barbiturates.

3. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?
(a) 20.
(b) 26.
(c) 30.
(d) 16.

4. After what event does Daniel stop praying entirely?
(a) Klara's death.
(b) Saul's death.
(c) Simon's death.
(d) Varya's wedding.

5. At the height of their argument, Raj tells Daniel that Klara may have killed herself, but she had still exhibited more of what quality than Daniel does?
(a) Deception.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Encouragement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once on the road, Klara begins to look back with what emotion at her small shows in San Francisco?

2. Who steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?

3. How old is Varya upon the opening of the novel's prologue?

4. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?

5. When Daniel tells Eddie that Klara had been "different" (209), what is NOT one characteristic he mentions as evidence of Klara's eccentricity?

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