This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 22-27 and Part Four: Chapters 28-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Castro.
(c) The Financial District.
(d) The Waterfront.

2. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?
(a) Varya's engagement to Raj.
(b) Gertie's birthday.
(c) Daniel's engagement to Mira.
(d) Simon's birthday.

3. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) December.

4. What do Klara and Varya find inside the lacquered box in Gertie's lingerie drawer?
(a) Photographs of their paternal uncle.
(b) Photographs of Gertie's former beaus.
(c) Photographs of their maternal grandmother.
(d) Photographs of their second cousins.

5. In addition to having long ago decided not to have children, what condition does Mira have that prevents her from having a child?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Uterine cysts.
(c) Collapsed fallopian tubes.
(d) Endometriosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel does not want Mira to equate him with his sister Klara. What is NOT one element he names as a trait of Klara's that he does not want associated with himself?

2. How does Klara acquire the jars of sweet potato baby food that she drops when she thinks she sees Eddie?

3. What is the address of the Gold family's apartment?

4. Including Klara, how many people does Eddie say have both committed suicide and had received a reading from the fortune teller?

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

(see the answer key)

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