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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 do when he visits Maximus?
(a) Talks to him about his plans to move back to Europe.
(b) Assures him of Grace's love.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Grooms him.

2. Who is going to care for Maximus?
(a) Arturas.
(b) Cy.
(c) The circus trainer.
(d) Claudia.

3. Of what does Cy ask confirmation from Grace?
(a) That she wants a full-body tattoo.
(b) That she will exchange sex for tattoos.
(c) That she can afford a tattoo.
(d) That her horse will not have to come inside the parlor.

4. About what do the soldiers clown around with Grace?
(a) Her horse.
(b) Sex.
(c) Pictures of mermaids.
(d) Needles.

5. Who sports orange hair and smudged black eyes and wears an oversized dress?
(a) Mia.
(b) Annamarie.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Jessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudia do to Grace's assailant?

2. What does Henry find when he climbs the floor to where Sedak is held?

3. Why does the management of the baby incubation exhibition allow Grace to come in for free?

4. Why does Cy stay at the hospital?

5. After hearing Grace talk, what does Cy wonder about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a physical and psychological description of Claudia.

2. What does Grace want from Cy and why do you think she wants it?

3. How does Cy first meet Grace?

4. Describe the first few days that Cy spends at the hospital.

5. What does Cy think he sees in a neighboring apartment that makes him question his sanity?

6. What secret of Claudia's does Grace hold?

7. Describe the last image in the book and what you think is its meaning.

8. Why does tattooing survive change?

9. When Grace is out of the hospital and visits Cy, how is her body described and how does Cy respond?

10. Why does Cy stay open on rainy days and describe one such day.

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