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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 does Cy realize about life?
(a) That it is never wonderful.
(b) That it can be messy and cruel.
(c) That he is old enough to understand the vagaries of life.
(d) That it is always wonderful.

2. From what does Cy avert his eyes?
(a) From his father's ash urn.
(b) From sick people coughing into basins.
(c) From the ice cream peddler down the street.
(d) From the neighbor's wife who is always naked.

3. Who are Jonty Preston and Morris Gibbs?
(a) Two bullies who regularly beat up Cy.
(b) Cy's two step brothers.
(c) Cy's two uncles.
(d) Cy's two best friends.

4. What does Cy not know?
(a) That his mother is pregnant.
(b) That his father is really alive.
(c) That abortionists can be jailed.
(d) That his mother plans to get an abortion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy not really understand?

2. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?

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

4. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?

5. What is different about Cy's mom from Cy?

(see the answer key)

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