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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 observe in other people's eyes?
(a) A hunger for simpler times.
(b) A despondency.
(c) A anger at the war's toll.
(d) A strange new glow as they find ways to work through pain.

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

3. Why does Cy wish his eyes could lie?
(a) So the schoolmaster wouldn't hit him.
(b) So he could look his mama in the face.
(c) So the school bully would leave him alone.
(d) So his troubles would be over.

4. Who is Muriel?
(a) Reeda's lover.
(b) Reeda's older sister.
(c) Morris's mother.
(d) Reeda's secret partner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cy when the book opens?

2. Who comes to help Cy's mother die?

3. What confuses Cy?

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

5. What is an accurate description of the Ladies of Leeds?

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