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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Lady of Many Eyes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Cy use the last of Reeda's money?
(a) A sea coffin for Riley.
(b) To buy a third-class ticket to America.
(c) To send Riley's body to Russia.
(d) To refurbish his tattoo parlour.

2. Who is in Cy's tattoo parlor when Grace first visits?
(a) The Brooklyn police.
(b) Six or seven young men in uniform.
(c) A young woman from Queens.
(d) No one.

3. When does Cy advance to freehand images?
(a) Whenever the "alpha male" is absent or more than one customer awaits one.
(b) When there is no picture for what the customer wants.
(c) When Riley can supervise him.
(d) When he is half drunk.

4. What is a key to the customer's personality?
(a) The scent of the skin.
(b) The way the customer reacts to pain.
(c) The color choices.
(d) The choice of pictures.

5. What can Riley accept?
(a) Riley's need for alcohol.
(b) Cy's need to care for his mother.
(c) Horror, sin, evil and lunacy as truth on a par with the love of God and beatific goodness.
(d) Cy's need for a girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What requires appalling discipline on Cy's part?

2. What does Reeda think of Riley?

3. When Cy arrives home eyes glazed and gait obstructed, what does Reeda assume?

4. By what is Grace hypnotized?

5. What does Cy share with his mother?

(see the answer key)

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