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. How many floors are contained in the building where the Gold siblings seek out the fortune teller?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. Before Gertie met Saul, it is said by the narrator that she had wanted to be a what?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) A pilot.
(c) A housewife.
(d) A ballerina.

3. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?
(a) I cry.
(b) My daddy.
(c) Mama now.
(d) Come me.

4. How do Raj, Klara, and Ruby get around to all of the different stops on their tour when they first begin touring?
(a) They take trains.
(b) They drive Raj's Ford pickup truck.
(c) They buy a motorhome.
(d) Their manager drives them in a tour bus.

5. On what floor of the hotel does Klara stop the elevator on opening night?
(a) The 45th floor.
(b) The 2nd floor.
(c) The 13th floor.
(d) The 36th floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. With whom does Simon begin an affair after the two cruise the Castro together?

3. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?

4. What answer does Ilya NOT provide when Klara wonders why there are so few female magicians?

5. When the Gold children reach the fortune teller's door, Varya is surprised because she had thought that magic would be what?

(see the answer key)

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