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

2. From what do most of the boarders at Cy's home suffer?
(a) Old Age.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

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

5. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?
(a) Riding bareback on a circus horse.
(b) Riding his bike inside school hallways.
(c) Weekly piddling competitions on the beach.
(d) Wrestling with Monty's sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cy realize about life?

3. Upon what does the town council frown?

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

5. What do the Ladies of Leeds do?

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