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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. What name does Ruby's mother call her?
(a) Rube.
(b) Rubina.
(c) Ruberia.
(d) Ruble.

2. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?
(a) Go-go dancer.
(b) Cook.
(c) Bouncer.
(d) Valet.

3. What is NOT one way in which Simon describes his father Saul?
(a) Decorous.
(b) A man who skirts conflict.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Timid.

4. Where is Klara performing when Simon sees her act for the first time?
(a) At a bookstore on the Embarcadero.
(b) At a jazz club in the Fillmore District.
(c) At the public library.
(d) At Fisherman's Wharf.

5. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?
(a) The squeak of meal carts.
(b) The shocked looks on the young patients' faces.
(c) Robert's terrified eyes.
(d) The calm voices of the nurses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Simon tells Daniel when he calls him for the first time since leaving home?

2. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?

3. With whom does Simon begin an affair after the two cruise the Castro together?

4. Simon recalls that the fortune teller had never asked for what item?

5. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?

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