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

2. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?
(a) 16.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 26.

3. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?
(a) His brother Simon.
(b) Their father Saul.
(c) Their sister Varya.
(d) Their grandfather Otto.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business does Saul own?

2. What is the name of the policeman who roughs up Simon outside of the police station?

3. In contrast to her brothers' bar mitzvahs, Klara's bat mitzvah takes place not individually but in a group of how many girls?

4. What feat does Klara tell Simon will be the main event within her magic show?

5. Even though Klara holds down two jobs as a receptionist and a restaurant hostess, she spends her weekends engaged in what activity?

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