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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Place of Life, Chapters 30-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Daniel concedes that the fortune teller had indeed been correct about Klara's date of death, he adds that the phenomenon had only happened due to what reason?
(a) Due to Klara's belief in its truth.
(b) Due to a lack of prayer.
(c) Due to Gertie's constant anxiety.
(d) Due to coincidence.

2. Which of Varya's family members does she worry will die if she does not blow out all of her fourteenth birthday cake candles?
(a) Klara.
(b) Simon.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Herself.

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

4. How does Klara acquire the jars of sweet potato baby food that she drops when she thinks she sees Eddie?
(a) She pays for them using her last two dollars.
(b) She asks a stranger to buy them for her.
(c) She gets them from the food bank.
(d) She steals them from the grocery store.

5. Simon remembers that he had drawn which same-suit cards from the deck during his encounter with the fortune teller?
(a) Four spades.
(b) Four hearts.
(c) Four diamonds.
(d) Four clubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two items does Varya keep taped to the wall next to her bed?

2. When the narrator finally reveals the date foretold to Daniel as the date of his death, what is it?

3. What does the fortune teller tell Klara about the charts, calendars, fortune sticks and other paraphernalia in her apartment?

4. What years are covered in Part One, Chapter One, when Simon's story is focused upon?

5. What words does Klara whisper to her audience at the conclusion of every show?

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