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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. What does Reeda admit to Cy?
(a) That she is performing abortions.
(b) That she knows Riley.
(c) That Cy is not her biological son.
(d) That she was once married to Mr. Riley.

2. What does Cy's mother say about the sun's light?
(a) That the sun's light does not go out at night but migrates to Ireland and America.
(b) That it fades into nothing.
(c) That it is brightest shining through the mist.
(d) That it is brighter when she is brighter.

3. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?
(a) A lunatic.
(b) A underworld spy.
(c) An undesirable papist who buys pigs' heads for ungodly purposes.
(d) A cool tattoo artist.

4. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?
(a) Because he is in love with Cy's mother.
(b) Because he thinks Cy will turn out to be no good otherwise.
(c) Because he knew Cy's father.
(d) To pass on his artisanship and genius to someone before he dies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?

2. For what do the boys use Muriel's equipment?

3. Where is Cy's father?

4. Where do Cy and his friends go to watch an effigy of "Kaiser Bill" burn?

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

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