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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 is the title of the homemade flier Simon and his friends see taped to a window?
(a) HELP WANTED.
(b) LEATHER GATHERING.
(c) NO TRESPASSING.
(d) THE GAY CANCER.

2. What two items does Varya keep taped to the wall next to her bed?
(a) Concert tickets and playbills.
(b) Family photographs and family trees.
(c) Maps and music posters.
(d) Calendars and maps.

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

4. What do the Gold siblings bring to the fortune teller as payment for her services?
(a) A dead rat.
(b) Their mother's set of tarot cards.
(c) Money.
(d) A sand dollar.

5. What job does Gertie take after dropping out of college?
(a) Cook at a restaurant.
(b) Receptionist at a law firm.
(c) Teller at a bank.
(d) Typist at a medical office.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?

2. Klara does not believe in the Jewish heaven because she considers it to be too what?

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

4. Even though Klara holds down two jobs as a receptionist and a restaurant hostess, she spends her weekends engaged in what activity?

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

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