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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. What does Daniel say he is doing when Simon asks?
(a) He is in medical school.
(b) He is managing Saul's dressmaking business.
(c) He is staying at home to care for his children.
(d) He is in culinary school.

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

3. How old is Varya upon the opening of the novel's prologue?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

4. How many members of the Costello family does Eddie say are running a fortune-telling fraud ring?
(a) 6.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Klara's reply when Raj asks her the secret of her Jaws of Life performance?

2. Who is the youngest sibling in the Gold family?

3. On the morning of Raj and Ruby's departure from Daniel's house, what information does Eddie call Daniel to tell him?

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

5. In contrast to her brothers' bar mitzvahs, Klara's bat mitzvah takes place not individually but in a group of how many girls?

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