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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. Where do the summer crowds gather?
(a) In the town's pavilions.
(b) Around the lake in the park.
(c) In the movie theaters.
(d) At two local pubs.

2. Why does Cy climb a building?
(a) To find his mother in the crowd.
(b) To see the burning better.
(c) To race ahead off the crowd across the rooftops.
(d) To hack the villain loose from a flagpole.

3. What does Cy think Riley may have done while being attacked?
(a) Tried the numbing oriental techniques some clients use under the needle.
(b) Got deathly silent.
(c) Thought about having a drink.
(d) Screamed.

4. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?
(a) Weekly piddling competitions on the beach.
(b) Riding bareback on a circus horse.
(c) Wrestling with Monty's sister.
(d) Riding his bike inside school hallways.

5. What does Reeda think of Riley?
(a) That he is somewhat crazy.
(b) That he is a drunkard, a Catholic and maybe a Bolshevik.
(c) That he is dangerous.
(d) That he is honorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Cy use the last of Reeda's money?

2. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?

3. Of what is Riley protective?

4. What does Cy hear through the window of the building he climbs?

5. What hums perpetually, eliciting screams?

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