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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. Where is Cy's father?
(a) He is at work at the docks.
(b) He was lost years ago at sea.
(c) He is at war in Germany.
(d) He is in America working to bring them over.

3. With what does Cy decide he needs help?
(a) Getting to America.
(b) Wooing the girl with whom he is in love.
(c) Learning how to do tattoos.
(d) His chemistry homework.

4. Why does Cy's mother board these "guests"?
(a) These guests pay her bills.
(b) She believes it is her duty.
(c) Her husband forces her to do so.
(d) She is a saint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Riley offer Cy?

2. Where does Cy work?

3. Who are Jonty Preston and Morris Gibbs?

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

5. How old is Cy when the book opens?

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