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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 do the Ladies of Leeds do?
(a) Join Reeda in collecting meager alms and votes.
(b) Circus performers.
(c) They are nuns and they pray for the ill at Cy's home.
(d) Prostitutes.

2. For what do the boys use Muriel's equipment?
(a) To jolt each other in the arm.
(b) To experience a splendid rush of energy.
(c) To watch the ships in the harbor.
(d) To check their heartbeats.

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

4. What is a distinct favorite of Cy and his friends?
(a) The blaring music.
(b) A line of Bathing Beauties parades barer than ever and Gaynor Shearer's erect nipples.
(c) The ice cream machine.
(d) The cotton candy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?

2. What is Muriel's occupation?

3. With what does Cy decide he needs help?

4. What does Cy like around him?

5. When Cy arrives home eyes glazed and gait obstructed, what does Reeda assume?

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