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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 15-19 and Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT listed among the American events the Gold children are excluded from due to their youth?
(a) Reading Helter Skelter.
(b) Attending Woodstock.
(c) Watching Midnight Cowboy.
(d) Joining the Stonewall riots.

2. With whom does Klara speak on the phone after sneaking into a hotel suite on her opening night?
(a) Varya.
(b) Gertie.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Eddie.

3. What name does Ruby's mother call her?
(a) Ruble.
(b) Rube.
(c) Rubina.
(d) Ruberia.

4. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three months.

5. When does Klara die, in relation to the fortune teller's prediction of her death date?
(a) Klara dies the day before the fortune teller had predicted.
(b) Klara dies the day after the fortune teller had predicted.
(c) Klara dies one year to the day after the day the fortune teller had predicted.
(d) Klara dies on the day the fortune teller had predicted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel say he is doing when Simon asks?

2. Klara performs Raise Rise for the Mirage executives, a trick that the narrator describes as "one of the most difficult tricks Klara knows" (155). What kind of trick is Raise Rise?

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

4. How many Mirage executives attend Klara's audition?

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

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