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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. How does Cy's routine begin?
(a) By outlining in pencil the work area.
(b) By singing a song to himself.
(c) By tapping three times on the table for luck.
(d) With the question, "Ready?"

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

3. How does Cy know his neighbors' names?
(a) By creating a rhyme of them.
(b) By the name tags on their various work shirts.
(c) By the sounds of their accents.
(d) From letters in the foyer mail slots and the smells coming from beneath their doors.

4. What does Jonesy think is keeping the ladies away from Cy?
(a) Cy's throwback to the 19th-century look is keeping the ladies away.
(b) His gruff manner.
(c) His lack of nice clothes.
(d) His rough handling of them.

5. How has Riley eclipsed Reeda?
(a) As Cy's chief means of reckoning.
(b) In that Cy can still see Riley's face in his mind.
(c) In the little aphorisms Cy remembers of Riley's.
(d) He has not eclipsed Reeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life is ended?

2. Who is Muriel?

3. With whom does Cy fall in love?

4. What hums perpetually, eliciting screams?

5. What does Cy assume all newcomers to New York feel?

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