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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. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

2. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?
(a) Their father Saul.
(b) Their grandfather Otto.
(c) His brother Simon.
(d) Their sister Varya.

3. The narrator states that the timing of Klara's Jaws of Life trick must be "perfect or" (104) it will be what?
(a) Humiliating.
(b) Chilling.
(c) Disastrous.
(d) Deadly.

4. Who spends the night with Simon in Ward 86 once he is diagnosed with the illness that will come to be known as AIDS?
(a) Daniel and Varya.
(b) Robert and Klara.
(c) Varya and Klara.
(d) Klara and Gertie.

5. What reason does Klara state for not calling the family to notify them of Simon's illness?
(a) She did not want to worry Gertie.
(b) She had not known the depth of Simon's illness.
(c) It was not her right.
(d) Simon had begged her not to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon had Klara found magical as a child before finding out its true nature?

2. Who steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?

3. At what location do Raj and Klara scavenge for wood to build Klara's magician's cabinet?

4. In what type of venue does Klara NOT perform her act during her early days as a magician?

5. Gali tells the members of his ballet company often that their "movements must have" (85) what?

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