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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 years are covered in Part One, Chapter One, when Simon's story is focused upon?
(a) 1969-1979.
(b) 1978-1982.
(c) 1980-1986.
(d) 1975-1977.

2. When Klara researches her grandmother Klara Kline, what is NOT one of the things she finds out?
(a) She was Jewish.
(b) She got her start in vaudeville.
(c) She never married.
(d) She was a daredevil for a living.

3. What feat does Klara tell Simon will be the main event within her magic show?
(a) A disappearing act.
(b) The Jaws of Life.
(c) A ventriloquism act.
(d) A mirror maze.

4. In contrast to her brothers' bar mitzvahs, Klara's bat mitzvah takes place not individually but in a group of how many girls?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

5. What is the name of the policeman who roughs up Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Brian.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Marty.
(d) Jeffrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?

2. What do Klara and Varya find inside the lacquered box in Gertie's lingerie drawer?

3. Who spends the night with Simon in Ward 86 once he is diagnosed with the illness that will come to be known as AIDS?

4. What reason does Klara state for not calling the family to notify them of Simon's illness?

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

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