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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. Who is the youngest sibling in the Gold family?
(a) Klara.
(b) Simon.
(c) Varya.
(d) Daniel.

2. From what college does Gertie withdraw when she becomes pregnant with Saul's child at age 20?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Stanford University.

3. What is Klara's reply when Raj asks her the secret of her Jaws of Life performance?
(a) Just hold on.
(b) Count to ten before letting go.
(c) Give the rope a tweak at the last minute.
(d) Pray.

4. What date does the narrator finally reveal as the one foretold to Simon by the fortune teller?
(a) February 19th.
(b) March 5th.
(c) June 21st.
(d) December 20th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel say he is doing when Simon asks?

2. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?

3. What job does Gertie take after dropping out of college?

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

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

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