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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon NOT count among the events that occurred directly as a result of the fortune teller's intervention?
(a) His deep connection with Klara.
(b) His dance career.
(c) His arrival in San Francisco.
(d) His relationship with Robert.

2. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?
(a) She tells him not to return home to New York City.
(b) She tells him that she loves him.
(c) She tells him that he needs to take care of Klara.
(d) She tells him that she will never forgive him for leaving her.

3. Where is Klara performing when Simon sees her act for the first time?
(a) At Fisherman's Wharf.
(b) At a bookstore on the Embarcadero.
(c) At a jazz club in the Fillmore District.
(d) At the public library.

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

5. At what location do Raj and Klara scavenge for wood to build Klara's magician's cabinet?
(a) In the Haight district.
(b) Ghiradelli Square.
(c) Fisherman's Wharf.
(d) The bookstore called A Clean and Well-lit Place.

6. What feat does Klara tell Simon will be the main event within her magic show?
(a) A disappearing act.
(b) A ventriloquism act.
(c) A mirror maze.
(d) The Jaws of Life.

7. What does Raj do for a living when Klara runs into him again after ten years?
(a) He is a marine biologist.
(b) He is an auto mechanic.
(c) He is a heart surgeon.
(d) He is a waiter.

8. What requirement does Klara have for the nightclubs at which she will perform?
(a) They must have dressing rooms.
(b) They must have high ceilings.
(c) They must be dimly lit.
(d) They must not allow smoking.

9. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Simon.
(c) Varya.
(d) Klara.

10. Daniel tells his siblings that the fortune teller is rumored to be able to tell a person what information?
(a) The day a person will die.
(b) The joys that will happen in a person's life.
(c) The description of a person's future spouse's face.
(d) The number of children a person will have.

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

12. What is the name of the policeman who roughs up Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Brian.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) Marty.

13. For how long has Klara been performing her magic act when she runs into Raj again?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

14. How old is Varya upon the opening of the novel's prologue?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

15. Who is the oldest sibling in the Gold family?
(a) Varya.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Simon.
(d) Klara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon had Klara found magical as a child before finding out its true nature?

2. What is NOT one way in which Simon describes his father Saul?

3. What job does Gertie take after dropping out of college?

4. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?

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

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