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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. Who slices the rope?
(a) His friends.
(b) An angry looking man.
(c) A woman with a machete.
(d) A policeman.

2. Upon what does the town council frown?
(a) On the sick people Cy's mother nurses.
(b) On school being closed on Fridays.
(c) On mixed bathing and skimpy outfits.
(d) On boys younger than 10 on the beach without a parent.

3. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?
(a) A pig being slaughtered next door.
(b) His mother leaning over his bed and singing him a lullaby.
(c) Laughing summer crowds.
(d) A ship from India coming into port one day and the excitement of it.

4. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?
(a) A underworld spy.
(b) A cool tattoo artist.
(c) A lunatic.
(d) An undesirable papist who buys pigs' heads for ungodly purposes.

5. 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 blaring music.
(d) The cotton candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Cy and his friends go to watch an effigy of "Kaiser Bill" burn?

2. What does Cy see in the discharge basin one day?

3. What amazes Cy?

4. What does Cy share with his mother?

5. Who is Colin Willacy?

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