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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Place of Life, Chapters 30-36.

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 refuses to tell Simon anything about its purpose.
(b) He tells Simon that he is suspected of vehicular manslaughter.
(c) He tells Simon that he is under suspicion for two recent robberies.
(d) He tells Simon that he needs to file for legal emancipation.

2. The narrator states that Daniel's resentment of Simon masks the deeper truth that Daniel is angry with himself for not taking what action?
(a) For not helping Klara when she needed him.
(b) For not pursuing his own goals after Saul's death.
(c) For not going to see Simon when he was dying of AIDS.
(d) For not truly knowing Simon before his death.

3. What does Raj buy for Ruby on her thirteenth birthday?
(a) A convertible.
(b) A Shetland pony.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A German Shepherd.

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

5. How old is Varya upon the opening of the novel's prologue?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from the Las Vegas Strip is the RV park called King's Row?

2. What is the significance of Klara's choice of rope when she enacts her suicide?

3. For what reason does Varya ask Annie to move Frida prior to Luke's visit?

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

5. Ruby asks Daniel if he has any pictures of whom?

(see the answer key)

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