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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 type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Gin.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

2. Simon recalls that the fortune teller had never asked for what item?
(a) Money.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) His palm.
(d) His name.

3. What excuse does Simon use when Gertie catches him leaving the apartment on the morning of the day he moves to San Francisco?
(a) He says that he has to feed the parking meter.
(b) He says that he is going to get a sandwich.
(c) He says that he is going to meet his boyfriend.
(d) He says that he is going to buy Klara a birthday card.

4. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?
(a) She refuses to greet the pallbearers.
(b) She refuses to kiss Saul one more time.
(c) She refuses to give the eulogy.
(d) She refuses to slit her clothes above her heart.

5. What is Mira's major in college when she and Daniel first meet?
(a) Education.
(b) Biology.
(c) Art history.
(d) Library Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what college does Gertie withdraw when she becomes pregnant with Saul's child at age 20?

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

3. Who buys a drink for Daniel when he stumbles into a bar on Geary Street the afternoon of Klara's memorial service?

4. The narrator states that the timing of Klara's Jaws of Life trick must be "perfect or" (104) it will be what?

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

(see the answer key)

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