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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. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?
(a) Because she believes the human body is nothing of which to be ashamed.
(b) Because she had to pick up litter one day.
(c) Because Cy had to do community service one day.
(d) Because she didn't have the money for the fine.

2. What does Cy share with his mother?
(a) His wages.
(b) A secret about Jonty.
(c) A worry he has about his father.
(d) Nothing; he does not really talk to her much anymore.

3. Of what is Riley protective?
(a) His privacy.
(b) His pictures.
(c) His tools.
(d) His self-proclaimed genius.

4. What does fine-line hatching do?
(a) Tricks the eye into seeing three dimensions.
(b) Causes much blood loss.
(c) Causes scar tissue.
(d) Creates a wavy image.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cy observe in other people's eyes?

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

4. What does Cy hear through the window of the building he climbs?

5. What regularly claims victims among children and tourists?

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