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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: "The Woman on Hester Street" and Part One: Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Gertie.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Klara.
(d) Robert.

2. What is NOT listed among the American events the Gold children are excluded from due to their youth?
(a) Joining the Stonewall riots.
(b) Watching Midnight Cowboy.
(c) Attending Woodstock.
(d) Reading Helter Skelter.

3. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?
(a) July.
(b) December.
(c) March.
(d) August.

4. What excuse does Simon use when Gertie catches him leaving the apartment on the morning of the day he moves to San Francisco?
(a) He says that he is going to buy Klara a birthday card.
(b) He says that he has to feed the parking meter.
(c) He says that he is going to meet his boyfriend.
(d) He says that he is going to get a sandwich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Gold siblings bring to the fortune teller as payment for her services?

2. Who is the youngest sibling in the Gold family?

3. When the Gold children reach the fortune teller's door, Varya is surprised because she had thought that magic would be what?

4. Before Gertie met Saul, it is said by the narrator that she had wanted to be a what?

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

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