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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what college does Gertie withdraw when she becomes pregnant with Saul's child at age 20?
(a) Yale University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Brown University.

2. How many floors are contained in the building where the Gold siblings seek out the fortune teller?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

3. What reason does Klara state for not calling the family to notify them of Simon's illness?
(a) It was not her right.
(b) She had not known the depth of Simon's illness.
(c) She did not want to worry Gertie.
(d) Simon had begged her not to.

4. With whom does Simon begin an affair after the two cruise the Castro together?
(a) Richie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Robert.
(d) Adrian.

5. Who steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Robert.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Gertie.
(d) Klara.

6. Who spends the night with Simon in Ward 86 once he is diagnosed with the illness that will come to be known as AIDS?
(a) Varya and Klara.
(b) Daniel and Varya.
(c) Klara and Gertie.
(d) Robert and Klara.

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

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

9. What years are covered in Part One, Chapter One, when Simon's story is focused upon?
(a) 1980-1986.
(b) 1978-1982.
(c) 1969-1979.
(d) 1975-1977.

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

11. What kind of job does Simon find when he and Klara arrive in San Francisco?
(a) Go-go dancer.
(b) Bouncer.
(c) Valet.
(d) Cook.

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

13. What phenomenon had Klara found magical as a child before finding out its true nature?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Red tide.
(c) Acid rain.
(d) Aurora Borealis.

14. 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 marine biologist.
(c) He is an auto mechanic.
(d) He is a waiter.

15. What is the address of the Gold family's apartment?
(a) 72 Clinton.
(b) 33 Knickerbocker.
(c) 48 Forsyth.
(d) 64 Broadway.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does adult Daniel bear a resemblance, according to Klara?

2. What feat does Klara tell Simon will be the main event within her magic show?

3. What is NOT named among Simon's "earliest memories of Ward 86" (87)?

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

5. In what year does the novel's prologue begin?

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