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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 steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Gertie.
(b) Klara.
(c) Robert.
(d) Daniel.

2. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?
(a) The calm voices of the nurses.
(b) The squeak of meal carts.
(c) The shocked looks on the young patients' faces.
(d) Robert's terrified eyes.

3. What requirement does Klara have for the nightclubs at which she will perform?
(a) They must have high ceilings.
(b) They must have dressing rooms.
(c) They must not allow smoking.
(d) They must be dimly lit.

4. Whose shift does Simon cover when he "wakes up with a red dot on the white of his left eye"? (86)
(a) Richie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Robert.
(d) Daniel.

5. For how long has Klara been performing her magic act when she runs into Raj again?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Klara researches her grandmother Klara Kline, what is NOT one of the things she finds out?

3. What two items does Varya keep taped to the wall next to her bed?

4. What date does the narrator finally reveal as the one foretold to Simon by the fortune teller?

5. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?

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