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

2. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?
(a) Go-go dancer.
(b) Bouncer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Valet.

3. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

4. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?

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

3. What excuse does Simon use when Gertie catches him leaving the apartment on the morning of the day he moves to San Francisco?

4. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?

5. What does Simon NOT count among the events that occurred directly as a result of the fortune teller's intervention?

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