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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Place of Life, Chapters 30-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daniel reveal to Eddie that he says he has not even told to Mira?
(a) His decision to name his first daughter Klara.
(b) The way he had hated Klara when she experienced mood swings.
(c) His feelings of responsibility for Klara's death.
(d) The relationship between the fortune teller's prediction and Klara's death.

2. When the narrator finally reveals the date foretold to Daniel as the date of his death, what is it?
(a) July 31st.
(b) September 30th.
(c) October 2nd.
(d) November 24th.

3. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?
(a) She tells him that she loves him.
(b) She tells him not to return home to New York City.
(c) She tells him that she will never forgive him for leaving her.
(d) She tells him that he needs to take care of Klara.

4. In what type of venue does Klara NOT perform her act during her early days as a magician?
(a) Dinner theaters.
(b) Concert halls.
(c) Caesar's Palace.
(d) A circus.

5. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?
(a) Cook.
(b) Go-go dancer.
(c) Bouncer.
(d) Valet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Klara whisper to her audience at the conclusion of every show?

2. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?

3. When Simon is promoted from understudy to another position within the ballet company, what position does he achieve?

4. When Luke reveals to Varya that he too suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, he says that his illness has to do with being afraid of taking what action accidentally?

5. What is the name of the Gold siblings' paternal grandfather?

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