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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 item does Klara place upon each table on the night of her performance at the Cabaret theater called the Committee?
(a) A business card.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) A rope.
(d) A handkerchief.

2. What does Klara do with the lacquered box once Gertie appears furious at its absence?
(a) She hides it in the attic.
(b) She sneaks it back into her mother's drawer.
(c) She burns it.
(d) She buries it in a vacant lot.

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

4. Simon remembers that he had drawn which same-suit cards from the deck during his encounter with the fortune teller?
(a) Four clubs.
(b) Four diamonds.
(c) Four spades.
(d) Four hearts.

5. What is the title of the homemade flier Simon and his friends see taped to a window?
(a) LEATHER GATHERING.
(b) NO TRESPASSING.
(c) HELP WANTED.
(d) THE GAY CANCER.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many floors are contained in the building where the Gold siblings seek out the fortune teller?

2. What date does the narrator finally reveal as the one foretold to Simon by the fortune teller?

3. What job does Gertie take after dropping out of college?

4. For how long has Klara been performing her magic act when she runs into Raj again?

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

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