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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Bloodlights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confuses Cy?
(a) Watching his mother care for sobbing women who visit in the middle of the night.
(b) Why his mother cries for strangers.
(c) Why he is not attending school.
(d) Where is father is.

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

3. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life is ended?
(a) When his mother dies.
(b) When Jonty drowns in the tide.
(c) When Aurora Borealis, the "northern bloodlights," appear over the town.
(d) When Cy falls in love.

4. Where do the summer crowds gather?
(a) At two local pubs.
(b) In the movie theaters.
(c) In the town's pavilions.
(d) Around the lake in the park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Cy avert his eyes?

2. Why does Cy wish his eyes could lie?

3. How does Cy respond to what he sees in the basin?

4. What does the town council do to offenders of their policies?

5. Who does Cy recognize?

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