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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cy discover on Riley's body?
(a) A tribute tattooed to Reeda.
(b) Fitting verses tattooed on Riley's right sole.
(c) No tattoos.
(d) A tattoo for every year of Riley's life.

2. How old is Cy when the book opens?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 1.

3. Who does Cy recognize?
(a) A woman who used to live at the boarding house.
(b) A policeman who accepts bribes from his mother.
(c) Reeba's helper.
(d) A man down the street as the thief who stole his bike.

4. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?
(a) A lunatic.
(b) An undesirable papist who buys pigs' heads for ungodly purposes.
(c) A cool tattoo artist.
(d) A underworld spy.

5. What does Cy share with his mother?
(a) Nothing; he does not really talk to her much anymore.
(b) His wages.
(c) A secret about Jonty.
(d) A worry he has about his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Riley take Cy for his first visit to a pub?

2. Why does Riley say that Cy needs to comfort customers?

3. What does Riley come to understand while at sea?

4. Who does not feel like maggots in an infected carcass, as they are regarded in the nicer end of town?

5. About what is Riley a stickler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the contrasting images seen in the very beginning of this book?

2. How does Cy's mother Reeda respond to his possible apprenticeship with Riley?

3. How does Cy's apprenticeship fare and what is an important lesson Cy learns?

4. There are many instances of foreshadowing in this opening section. Name one and venture a guess as to what it could foreshadow.

5. What does Cy recall as he studies cloud formations and what might this foreshadow?

6. How do Riley's and Cy's styles differ when starting a job on a client?

7. Why do many women come to Riley's tattoo parlor?

8. With what does the young Cy struggle?

9. How does Riley explain the colors used in tattooing?

10. How does Cy slip into starting to tattoo instead of just watching Riley and what is Riley's response?

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