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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 does Raj do for a living when Klara runs into him again after ten years?
(a) He is an auto mechanic.
(b) He is a marine biologist.
(c) He is a waiter.
(d) He is a heart surgeon.

2. 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) Joining the Stonewall riots.
(d) Watching Midnight Cowboy.

3. What phenomenon had Klara found magical as a child before finding out its true nature?
(a) Red tide.
(b) Acid rain.
(c) Aurora Borealis.
(d) Electricity.

4. What is Klara's reply when Raj asks her the secret of her Jaws of Life performance?
(a) Pray.
(b) Just hold on.
(c) Give the rope a tweak at the last minute.
(d) Count to ten before letting go.

5. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?
(a) She refuses to slit her clothes above her heart.
(b) She refuses to give the eulogy.
(c) She refuses to kiss Saul one more time.
(d) She refuses to greet the pallbearers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?

2. What excuse does Simon use when Gertie catches him leaving the apartment on the morning of the day he moves to San Francisco?

3. What name does Ruby's mother call her?

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

5. When Klara researches her grandmother Klara Kline, what is NOT one of the things she finds out?

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