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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. Where is Cy's father?
(a) He is at work at the docks.
(b) He is in America working to bring them over.
(c) He is at war in Germany.
(d) He was lost years ago at sea.

2. At what does Cy marvel?
(a) The way a woman's breast moves a tattoo.
(b) Women's endurance and unpredictability.
(c) The way the colors glow on women.
(d) The intricate designs Riley tattoos.

3. What is Muriel's occupation?
(a) A circus performer.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A respected electrotherapist.
(d) A doctor.

4. What does Cy hear through the window of the building he climbs?
(a) Music.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) A scream.
(d) Mechanical bee sounds and voices.

5. What do the Ladies of Leeds do?
(a) They are nuns and they pray for the ill at Cy's home.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Circus performers.
(d) Join Reeda in collecting meager alms and votes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a young man working in the parlor of the greatest tattooist in Northern England who is nowhere to be found suggest?

2. How old is Cy when the book opens?

3. How does Cy respond to what he sees in the basin?

4. Why do women trust Riley?

5. What does Cy discover on Riley's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effect of alcohol on Riley?

2. How does Riley come to offer Cy an apprenticeship and what is Cy's response?

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

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

5. Describe Riley's death and Cy's response.

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

7. What experience causes Cy to no longer be able to sleep under tight blankets?

8. How does sex figure into Riley's tattoo business?

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

10. Describe the type of clients that are often drawn to Riley's tattoo parlor.

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