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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. What is NOT a piece of advice Klara sternly gives herself as she waits in the wings for her audition at The Mirage to begin?
(a) Imagine the audience in their underwear.
(b) Shake out your hands.
(c) Smile.
(d) Swallow.

2. Who steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Robert.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Klara.
(d) Gertie.

3. What does Simon NOT count among the events that occurred directly as a result of the fortune teller's intervention?
(a) His relationship with Robert.
(b) His dance career.
(c) His arrival in San Francisco.
(d) His deep connection with Klara.

4. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Simon.
(c) Klara.
(d) Varya.

5. When Klara refuses the Mirage's entertainment director's suggestion that she let Raj saw her in half, her real reason has to do with feminist ideals rather than what other reason said to be believed by the entertainment director?
(a) She considers the trick outdated.
(b) She is afraid of the trick.
(c) The trick is too gory for her taste.
(d) The trick is too challenging for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?

2. The narrator states that Daniel's resentment of Simon masks the deeper truth that Daniel is angry with himself for not taking what action?

3. Where is Klara performing when Simon sees her act for the first time?

4. Once hired at The Mirage, Klara and Raj open for which act?

5. What requirement does Klara have for the nightclubs at which she will perform?

(see the answer key)

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