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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 15-19 and Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the fortune teller tell Klara about the charts, calendars, fortune sticks and other paraphernalia in her apartment?
(a) She considers them evil.
(b) They help her impose order on the world.
(c) They are only for show.
(d) She would be lost without them.

2. Who knocks at the door of Klara's hotel suite when she is waiting for one knock from Simon that will tell her to commit suicide and to join him in the afterlife?
(a) Varya.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Gertie.
(d) The housekeeper.

3. What does Daniel say he is doing when Simon asks?
(a) He is in culinary school.
(b) He is managing Saul's dressmaking business.
(c) He is in medical school.
(d) He is staying at home to care for his children.

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

5. What does Raj do for a living when Klara runs into him again after ten years?
(a) He is an auto mechanic.
(b) He is a heart surgeon.
(c) He is a marine biologist.
(d) He is a waiter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the homemade flier Simon and his friends see taped to a window?

3. How far away from the Las Vegas Strip is the RV park called King's Row?

4. What is the newest hotel on the Las Vegas strip when Klara, Raj, and Ruby arrive to pursue a residency?

5. What type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?

(see the answer key)

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