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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. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Simon.
(c) Klara.
(d) Varya.

2. Klara performs Raise Rise for the Mirage executives, a trick that the narrator describes as "one of the most difficult tricks Klara knows" (155). What kind of trick is Raise Rise?
(a) A daredevil act.
(b) A card trick.
(c) A disappearing act.
(d) An optical illusion using mirrors.

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

4. How many hours early do Raj and Ruby appear for Thanksgiving dinner at Daniel's house?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel do for the first time after Gertie refuses to bury Klara in the family plot?

2. In order to avoid losing the job at The Mirage, what unwanted action does Klara accept?

3. 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?

4. Where does Raj plan to send Klara's body for burial before Gertie forbids it?

5. What do the Gold siblings bring to the fortune teller as payment for her services?

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