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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Simon begin an affair after the two cruise the Castro together?
(a) Richie.
(b) Robert.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Tommy.

2. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?
(a) Their grandfather Otto.
(b) His brother Simon.
(c) Their father Saul.
(d) Their sister Varya.

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

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

5. When Simon is promoted from understudy to another position within the ballet company, what position does he achieve?
(a) Full company member.
(b) Featured member.
(c) Company captain.
(d) Repertory member.

6. The narrator states that the timing of Klara's Jaws of Life trick must be "perfect or" (104) it will be what?
(a) Chilling.
(b) Humiliating.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Disastrous.

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

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

9. What years are covered in Part One, Chapter One, when Simon's story is focused upon?
(a) 1969-1979.
(b) 1975-1977.
(c) 1978-1982.
(d) 1980-1986.

10. What name does Ruby's mother call her?
(a) Ruberia.
(b) Rube.
(c) Rubina.
(d) Ruble.

11. What type of business does Saul own?
(a) A textile factory.
(b) A tailor and dressmaking business.
(c) A convenience store.
(d) A dry cleaning business.

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

13. What action does Benny recommend that Simon take after watching him on Simon's first night working at the bar?
(a) He recommends that Simon take ballet lessons.
(b) He recommends that Simon take cooking lessons.
(c) He recommends that Simon grow a beard.
(d) He recommends that Simon get his driver's license.

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

15. On what day of the week does Saul's funeral take place?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Simon tells Daniel when he calls him for the first time since leaving home?

2. Whose shift does Simon cover when he "wakes up with a red dot on the white of his left eye"? (86)

3. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?

4. What is the name of the Gold siblings' paternal grandfather?

5. In contrast to her brothers' bar mitzvahs, Klara's bat mitzvah takes place not individually but in a group of how many girls?

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