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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) A man with intense blue eyes grabs him.
(b) He cuts his arm badly.
(c) He falls to the ground.
(d) He falls into the building.

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

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

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

5. How does Morecambe celebrate the coming armistice?
(a) By closing school for the day.
(b) With a prayer meeting.
(c) By fireworks.
(d) With a carnival.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cy when the book opens?

2. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?

3. What confuses Cy?

4. What do Cy, Jonty and Morris seek?

5. What's the only way Riley would consider himself a father figure to Cy?

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