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Chloe Benjamin
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The Immortalists Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Chloe Benjamin
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Raj say he was when he came from India to the United States?
(a) 14.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

2. What is the name of the Gold siblings' paternal grandfather?
(a) Sid.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Lev.
(d) Carl.

3. Who is the youngest sibling in the Gold family?
(a) Simon.
(b) Klara.
(c) Varya.
(d) Daniel.

4. With whom does Simon begin an affair after the two cruise the Castro together?
(a) Richie.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Robert.
(d) Tommy.

5. What is Klara's reply when Raj asks her the secret of her Jaws of Life performance?
(a) Just hold on.
(b) Count to ten before letting go.
(c) Pray.
(d) Give the rope a tweak at the last minute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the homemade flier Simon and his friends see taped to a window?

2. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?

3. In what year does the novel's prologue begin?

4. Klara does not believe in the Jewish heaven because she considers it to be too what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator mean when describing Simon's impression of the Castro district as being like a "fallout shelter" (79)?

2. How did the Gold children's maternal grandmother die and why are the children adults before they find out this information?

3. Which of the Gold siblings is the most apprehensive about the prospect of visiting the fortune teller and why?

4. What is the significance of Klara's feelings about the phenomenon of red tide?

5. How is the theme of guilt depicted within Gertie's feelings about her son after his death?

6. Describe the significance of Simon's dream about salmon and how it relates to his mindset at the time of his dream.

7. Who is the first of the Gold siblings to hear about the fortune teller and what action does this sibling then take?

8. What aspects of Robert's character are depicted as those that make him "stand out" (59) to Simon?

9. How does the author depict Simon's mixed feelings about his mother's decision to relinquish him at the police station?

10. What evidence does the author provide for the claim that the Gold children in 1969 "are siblings, this summer, in a way they never will be again" (4)?

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