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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: You'd Dance, Kid, Chapters 7-9 and Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?
(a) She refuses to greet the pallbearers.
(b) She refuses to kiss Saul one more time.
(c) She refuses to slit her clothes above her heart.
(d) She refuses to give the eulogy.

3. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?
(a) The Waterfront.
(b) The Financial District.
(c) The Castro.
(d) The Tenderloin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the homemade flier Simon and his friends see taped to a window?

2. What does Gertie say to Simon on the phone just before she hangs up on him?

3. What date does the narrator finally reveal as the one foretold to Simon by the fortune teller?

4. What is the one thing Simon tells Daniel when he calls him for the first time since leaving home?

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

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