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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Babylon in Brooklyn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life is ended?
(a) When his mother dies.
(b) When Jonty drowns in the tide.
(c) When Cy falls in love.
(d) When Aurora Borealis, the "northern bloodlights," appear over the town.

2. What does Cy observe in other people's eyes?
(a) A despondency.
(b) A anger at the war's toll.
(c) A strange new glow as they find ways to work through pain.
(d) A hunger for simpler times.

3. Who takes Cy's tattoo equipment?
(a) Three ruffians.
(b) The cops.
(c) The mafia.
(d) A Latino gang.

4. With what does Cy decide he needs help?
(a) Learning how to do tattoos.
(b) Getting to America.
(c) His chemistry homework.
(d) Wooing the girl with whom he is in love.

5. For what does Cy get in trouble at school?
(a) For asking a question about sex.
(b) For eating another student's lunch.
(c) For shooting spitballs.
(d) For sleepin in class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poor man's illustrator?

2. How does Riley die?

3. What does Cy begin to do?

4. Where do the summer crowds gather?

5. Who does Cy recognize?

(see the answer key)

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