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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. How old does Raj say he was when he came from India to the United States?
(a) 6.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

2. What item does Klara place upon each table on the night of her performance at the Cabaret theater called the Committee?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) A business card.
(c) A rope.
(d) A handkerchief.

3. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?
(a) The Tenderloin.
(b) The Waterfront.
(c) The Financial District.
(d) The Castro.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location do Raj and Klara scavenge for wood to build Klara's magician's cabinet?

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

3. In what year does Simon move out of the Collingswood apartment he shares with Klara?

4. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?

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

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