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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. When a policeman asks Simon to come to the San Francisco police station, what does he tell Simon is the purpose of his visit?
(a) He tells Simon that he needs to file for legal emancipation.
(b) He tells Simon that he is under suspicion for two recent robberies.
(c) He tells Simon that he is suspected of vehicular manslaughter.
(d) He refuses to tell Simon anything about its purpose.

2. What is the address of the Gold family's apartment?
(a) 72 Clinton.
(b) 48 Forsyth.
(c) 33 Knickerbocker.
(d) 64 Broadway.

3. Klara does not believe in the Jewish heaven because she considers it to be too what?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Sterile.

4. At what location do Raj and Klara scavenge for wood to build Klara's magician's cabinet?
(a) Ghiradelli Square.
(b) The bookstore called A Clean and Well-lit Place.
(c) Fisherman's Wharf.
(d) In the Haight district.

5. What requirement does Klara have for the nightclubs at which she will perform?
(a) They must be dimly lit.
(b) They must not allow smoking.
(c) They must have high ceilings.
(d) They must have dressing rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?

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

3. The narrator states that the timing of Klara's Jaws of Life trick must be "perfect or" (104) it will be what?

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

5. What is the title of the homemade flier Simon and his friends see taped to a window?

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