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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. Where is Klara performing when Simon sees her act for the first time?
(a) At a jazz club in the Fillmore District.
(b) At the public library.
(c) At a bookstore on the Embarcadero.
(d) At Fisherman's Wharf.

2. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?
(a) Simon.
(b) Klara.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Varya.

3. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?
(a) She tells him not to return home to New York City.
(b) She tells him that she will never forgive him for leaving her.
(c) She tells him that she loves him.
(d) She tells him that he needs to take care of Klara.

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

5. What is the name of the policeman who roughs up Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Marty.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Brian.
(d) Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?

3. The Hindu family in the Gold family's building calls the fortune teller a "rishika" (5), which means a what?

4. What is the address of the Gold family's apartment?

5. Simon recalls that the fortune teller had never asked for what item?

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