2. What is the one thing Simon tells Daniel when he calls him for the first time since leaving home?
(a) He loves Gertie.
(b) He is sick.
(c) The date foretold to him as the date of his death.
(d) He misses Daniel.

3. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) August.
(d) July.

4. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?
(a) The Financial District.
(b) The Waterfront.
(c) The Tenderloin.
(d) The Castro.

5. What does Daniel say he is doing when Simon asks?
(a) He is in medical school.
(b) He is in culinary school.
(c) He is managing Saul's dressmaking business.
(d) He is staying at home to care for his children.

6. What two items does Varya keep taped to the wall next to her bed?
(a) Concert tickets and playbills.
(b) Maps and music posters.
(c) Calendars and maps.
(d) Family photographs and family trees.

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

8. What is NOT listed among the American events the Gold children are excluded from due to their youth?
(a) Joining the Stonewall riots.
(b) Watching Midnight Cowboy.
(c) Attending Woodstock.
(d) Reading Helter Skelter.

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

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

11. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Six months.

12. From what college does Gertie withdraw when she becomes pregnant with Saul's child at age 20?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Brown University.
(d) New York University.

13. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?
(a) Cook.
(b) Go-go dancer.
(c) Valet.
(d) Bouncer.

14. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 16.
(d) 26.

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