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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hindu family in the Gold family's building calls the fortune teller a "rishika" (5), which means a what?
(a) A seer.
(b) A spirit.
(c) A savant.
(d) An imp.

2. What is NOT one way in which Simon describes his father Saul?
(a) Decorous.
(b) Courageous.
(c) A man who skirts conflict.
(d) Timid.

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

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

5. Even though Klara holds down two jobs as a receptionist and a restaurant hostess, she spends her weekends engaged in what activity?
(a) Working on her novel.
(b) Volunteering at the hospital.
(c) Scripting her magic show.
(d) Painting.

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

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

8. In what year does Simon move out of the Collingswood apartment he shares with Klara?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1969.

9. Whose shift does Simon cover when he "wakes up with a red dot on the white of his left eye"? (86)
(a) Richie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Robert.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is Klara's reply when Raj asks her the secret of her Jaws of Life performance?
(a) Just hold on.
(b) Give the rope a tweak at the last minute.
(c) Pray.
(d) Count to ten before letting go.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street in New York City do the Gold siblings seek the fortune teller?

2. What feat does Klara tell Simon will be the main event within her magic show?

3. For how long has Klara been performing her magic act when she runs into Raj again?

4. How old is Varya upon the opening of the novel's prologue?

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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