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

2. How many members of the Costello family does Eddie say are running a fortune-telling fraud ring?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. When the narrator describes Varya's brief encounter with an attractive sofa in a store, what is NOT listed as one of the reasons Varya chooses not to buy it?
(a) She thinks that it would be heartbreaking to get rid of it if she ever deemed it contaminated.
(b) She does not think it would match her carpet.
(c) She thinks that she will be able to see every hair and stain.
(d) She thinks the fabric will be difficult to clean.

4. How many Mirage executives attend Klara's audition?
(a) Three.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

5. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?
(a) Robert's terrified eyes.
(b) The shocked looks on the young patients' faces.
(c) The calm voices of the nurses.
(d) The squeak of meal carts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eddie says that when the FBI had finished their investigation of the Costello family, they had found the family to be worth how much money?

2. What is the most likely outcome for Frida, now that she can no longer be part of the Drake study?

3. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?

4. Once hired at The Mirage, Klara and Raj open for which act?

5. For how many years has Varya's experiment with the monkeys been ongoing at the time Luke visits the Drake?

(see the answer key)

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