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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 15-19 and Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away from the Las Vegas Strip is the RV park called King's Row?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

2. What feat does Klara tell Simon will be the main event within her magic show?
(a) A disappearing act.
(b) A mirror maze.
(c) A ventriloquism act.
(d) The Jaws of Life.

3. After what event does Daniel stop praying entirely?
(a) Saul's death.
(b) Simon's death.
(c) Varya's wedding.
(d) Klara's death.

4. Klara does not believe in the Jewish heaven because she considers it to be too what?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Sterile.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Hopeless.

5. What is the significance of Klara's choice of rope when she enacts her suicide?
(a) It is the frayed piece of rope her brother Simon had always used as a belt.
(b) It is the first rope she ever used for her Jaws of Life act.
(c) It is the length of rope her father Saul always used to tether his boat to the dock.
(d) It is part of a set of reins belonging to her favorite horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spends the night with Simon in Ward 86 once he is diagnosed with the illness that will come to be known as AIDS?

2. What two words does Ruby utter when she is small that are said to turn "Klara's heart to goop" (161)?

3. What do Klara and Varya find inside the lacquered box in Gertie's lingerie drawer?

4. In what type of venue does Klara NOT perform her act during her early days as a magician?

5. When Klara researches her grandmother Klara Kline, what is NOT one of the things she finds out?

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