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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: You'd Dance, Kid, Chapters 7-9 and Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what college does Gertie withdraw when she becomes pregnant with Saul's child at age 20?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Yale University.

2. Daniel tells his siblings that the fortune teller is rumored to be able to tell a person what information?
(a) The number of children a person will have.
(b) The day a person will die.
(c) The joys that will happen in a person's life.
(d) The description of a person's future spouse's face.

3. For how long has Klara been performing her magic act when she runs into Raj again?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

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

5. What is the one thing Simon tells Daniel when he calls him for the first time since leaving home?
(a) He misses Daniel.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He loves Gertie.
(d) The date foretold to him as the date of his death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Klara buy at the magic shop after gleaning more information about the fortune teller?

2. Who spends the night with Simon in Ward 86 once he is diagnosed with the illness that will come to be known as AIDS?

3. What phenomenon had Klara found magical as a child before finding out its true nature?

4. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?

5. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?

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