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

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

4. How many floors are contained in the building where the Gold siblings seek out the fortune teller?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

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

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

7. What is the address of the Gold family's apartment?
(a) 33 Knickerbocker.
(b) 48 Forsyth.
(c) 72 Clinton.
(d) 64 Broadway.

8. Gali tells the members of his ballet company often that their "movements must have" (85) what?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Grace.
(c) Luminescence.
(d) Structure.

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

10. What does Klara do with the lacquered box once Gertie appears furious at its absence?
(a) She burns it.
(b) She sneaks it back into her mother's drawer.
(c) She buries it in a vacant lot.
(d) She hides it in the attic.

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

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

13. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?
(a) She refuses to kiss Saul one more time.
(b) She refuses to give the eulogy.
(c) She refuses to greet the pallbearers.
(d) She refuses to slit her clothes above her heart.

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

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