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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 happens when Cy breaks the glass?
(a) He falls to the ground.
(b) He cuts his arm badly.
(c) He falls into the building.
(d) A man with intense blue eyes grabs him.

2. What is Muriel's occupation?
(a) A circus performer.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A respected electrotherapist.

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

4. What does Riley admire about Cy?
(a) His reticence.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His mother.
(d) His imagination and dexterity.

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 is a Russian, whereas Cy is born in Italy.
(c) She had a loving, normal home, but Cy is raised in a boarding house of sick people.
(d) She speaks ten languages and Cy only one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy share with his mother?

2. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?

3. What does Riley offer Cy?

4. For what do the boys use Muriel's equipment?

5. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?

(see the answer key)

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