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

2. From what do most of the boarders at Cy's home suffer?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Old Age.
(d) Syphilis.

3. What is an accurate description of the Ladies of Leeds?
(a) Hard-faced, bad-mouthed women.
(b) Lovely airheads.
(c) Kind, well-dressed, close-knit.
(d) Ugly spinsters.

4. Who is Arturas?
(a) An acrobat.
(b) A cart man.
(c) A stevedore.
(d) The best tattoo artist in New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?

3. What is a distinct favorite of Cy and his friends?

4. What has Claudia been doing for eight years?

5. How old is Cy when the book opens?

(see the answer key)

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