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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 regularly claims victims among children and tourists?
(a) The strange riptides.
(b) The strange illnesses brought in through the port.
(c) Morecambe's quicksand pools.
(d) The local pickpocket.

2. When Cy arrives home eyes glazed and gait obstructed, what does Reeda assume?
(a) He has overeaten.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He sprained his ankle.
(d) He is ill.

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

4. Where do Cy and his friends go to watch an effigy of "Kaiser Bill" burn?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Pedder Street.
(c) Market Square.
(d) Pastuer Blvd.

5. What is different about Cy's mom from Cy?
(a) She had a loving, normal home, but Cy is raised in a boarding house of sick people.
(b) She speaks ten languages and Cy only one.
(c) Reeda Parks can see beyond the horror of the sick people in ways her son cannot.
(d) She is a Russian, whereas Cy is born in Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Riley protective?

2. What does Cy like around him?

3. How does Cy respond to what he sees in the basin?

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

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

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