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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. Even though Klara holds down two jobs as a receptionist and a restaurant hostess, she spends her weekends engaged in what activity?
(a) Working on her novel.
(b) Painting.
(c) Volunteering at the hospital.
(d) Scripting her magic show.

2. What does Daniel say he is doing when Simon asks?
(a) He is in medical school.
(b) He is in culinary school.
(c) He is managing Saul's dressmaking business.
(d) He is staying at home to care for his children.

3. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?
(a) The Castro.
(b) The Waterfront.
(c) The Financial District.
(d) The Tenderloin.

4. What words does Klara whisper to her audience at the conclusion of every show?
(a) Look around you often.
(b) Thanks for your kindness.
(c) Right this way.
(d) I love you all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?

2. What reason does Klara state for not calling the family to notify them of Simon's illness?

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. How old is Varya upon the opening of the novel's prologue?

5. What is the name of the Gold siblings' paternal grandfather?

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