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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: "The Woman on Hester Street" and Part One: Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the Gold children reach the fortune teller's door, Varya is surprised because she had thought that magic would be what?
(a) Detectable.
(b) Luminescent.
(c) Tangible.
(d) Magnetic.

3. What two items does Varya keep taped to the wall next to her bed?
(a) Maps and music posters.
(b) Family photographs and family trees.
(c) Calendars and maps.
(d) Concert tickets and playbills.

4. Who is the oldest sibling in the Gold family?
(a) Simon.
(b) Klara.
(c) Varya.
(d) Daniel.

5. Daniel tells his siblings that the fortune teller is rumored to be able to tell a person what information?
(a) The description of a person's future spouse's face.
(b) The joys that will happen in a person's life.
(c) The number of children a person will have.
(d) The day a person will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Daniel when his father Saul dies of heart failure?

2. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?

3. What action does Benny recommend that Simon take after watching him on Simon's first night working at the bar?

4. What does Klara do with the lacquered box once Gertie appears furious at its absence?

5. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?

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