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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. Gali tells the members of his ballet company often that their "movements must have" (85) what?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Structure.
(c) Grace.
(d) Luminescence.

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

3. When Simon is promoted from understudy to another position within the ballet company, what position does he achieve?
(a) Company captain.
(b) Full company member.
(c) Repertory member.
(d) Featured member.

4. In what year does the novel's prologue begin?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1978.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Gold siblings' paternal grandfather?

2. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?

3. What book does Klara buy at the magic shop after gleaning more information about the fortune teller?

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

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

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