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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Place of Life, Chapters 30-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date does the narrator finally reveal as the one foretold to Simon by the fortune teller?
(a) June 21st.
(b) December 20th.
(c) March 5th.
(d) February 19th.

2. What is the name of the Gold siblings' paternal grandfather?
(a) Lev.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Sid.
(d) Carl.

3. Whose picture does Mira show to Varya after Daniel's death that causes Varya to nearly faint?
(a) Bruna Costello.
(b) Betsy Costello.
(c) Brunhilde Costello.
(d) Bertha Costello.

4. When it begins to snow on the brief hike through Mohonk Preserve, Daniel expects Ruby to complain, but instead she does what?
(a) She sings.
(b) She claps.
(c) She makes a snow angel.
(d) She eats the falling snowflakes.

5. Even though Klara holds down two jobs as a receptionist and a restaurant hostess, she spends her weekends engaged in what activity?
(a) Scripting her magic show.
(b) Working on her novel.
(c) Painting.
(d) Volunteering at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the youngest sibling in the Gold family?

2. What does the fortune teller tell Klara about the charts, calendars, fortune sticks and other paraphernalia in her apartment?

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

4. In addition to having long ago decided not to have children, what condition does Mira have that prevents her from having a child?

5. Where does Luke really work?

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