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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cy wish his eyes could lie?
(a) So the school bully would leave him alone.
(b) So his troubles would be over.
(c) So the schoolmaster wouldn't hit him.
(d) So he could look his mama in the face.

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

3. What regularly claims victims among children and tourists?
(a) The strange illnesses brought in through the port.
(b) The local pickpocket.
(c) The strange riptides.
(d) Morecambe's quicksand pools.

4. For what do the boys use Muriel's equipment?
(a) To check their heartbeats.
(b) To jolt each other in the arm.
(c) To experience a splendid rush of energy.
(d) To watch the ships in the harbor.

5. What does the town council do to offenders of their policies?
(a) Gives them community service.
(b) Makes them pick litter off the beach.
(c) Fines them.
(d) Publishes the names of offenders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy not know?

2. What does Cy's mother say about the sun's light?

3. Who are Jonty Preston and Morris Gibbs?

4. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?

5. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life is ended?

(see the answer key)

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