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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year does the novel's prologue begin?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1982.
2. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?
(a) The squeak of meal carts.
(b) The shocked looks on the young patients' faces.
(c) Robert's terrified eyes.
(d) The calm voices of the nurses.
3. In contrast to her brothers' bar mitzvahs, Klara's bat mitzvah takes place not individually but in a group of how many girls?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.
4. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?
(a) She refuses to slit her clothes above her heart.
(b) She refuses to greet the pallbearers.
(c) She refuses to give the eulogy.
(d) She refuses to kiss Saul one more time.
5. What reason does Klara state for not calling the family to notify them of Simon's illness?
(a) She had not known the depth of Simon's illness.
(b) She did not want to worry Gertie.
(c) It was not her right.
(d) Simon had begged her not to.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?
2. Simon recalls that the fortune teller had never asked for what item?
3. Who is the youngest sibling in the Gold family?
4. Even though Klara holds down two jobs as a receptionist and a restaurant hostess, she spends her weekends engaged in what activity?
5. What is NOT listed among the American events the Gold children are excluded from due to their youth?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator mean when describing Simon's impression of the Castro district as being like a "fallout shelter" (79)?
2. What is the symbolism of the sequins that turn up everywhere inside Klara's home?
3. Describe the significance of Simon's dream about salmon and how it relates to his mindset at the time of his dream.
4. How is the theme of guilt depicted within Gertie's feelings about her son after his death?
5. Who is the first of the Gold siblings to hear about the fortune teller and what action does this sibling then take?
6. What do the Gold children bring to the fortune teller as payment for her services and why?
7. How do the Purp employees and owners react to the news of Harvey Milk's assassination and how do they take action?
8. How does Robert's story about his friend Dante demonstrate the themes of violence and hate?
9. The narrator takes pains to explain that Klara does not share her magic with people in order to deceive them. What is her true reason?
10. How did the Gold children's maternal grandmother die and why are the children adults before they find out this information?
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