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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Kaiser and the Queen of Morecambe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?
(a) Laughing summer crowds.
(b) A pig being slaughtered next door.
(c) A ship from India coming into port one day and the excitement of it.
(d) His mother leaning over his bed and singing him a lullaby.

3. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?
(a) Because she believes the human body is nothing of which to be ashamed.
(b) Because Cy had to do community service one day.
(c) Because she didn't have the money for the fine.
(d) Because she had to pick up litter one day.

4. How does Morecambe celebrate the coming armistice?
(a) With a carnival.
(b) By fireworks.
(c) By closing school for the day.
(d) With a prayer meeting.

5. What amazes Cy?
(a) That Riley can be drunk and create magnificent tattoos.
(b) That someone so flaccid and bawdy can be so intricate and precise in his line work.
(c) That Riley seldoms is aroused by his naked female clients.
(d) That Riley hums hymns while he works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy observe as he is searching for shells?

2. Who are Jonty Preston and Morris Gibbs?

3. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?

4. From what do most of the boarders at Cy's home suffer?

5. For what does Cy get in trouble at school?

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