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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. How does Morecambe celebrate the coming armistice?
(a) With a carnival.
(b) By fireworks.
(c) With a prayer meeting.
(d) By closing school for the day.

2. 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 he could look his mama in the face.
(d) So the schoolmaster wouldn't hit him.

3. What's the only way Riley would consider himself a father figure to Cy?
(a) If Cy can prove Riley is his real father.
(b) If he can bring his fine-legged mother into the equation.
(c) If Cy can beat him in arm wrestling.
(d) If Cy's mother wants Riley to serve that purpose.

4. What can Riley accept?
(a) Riley's need for alcohol.
(b) Cy's need for a girlfriend.
(c) Cy's need to care for his mother.
(d) Horror, sin, evil and lunacy as truth on a par with the love of God and beatific goodness.

5. 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 is brightest shining through the mist.
(c) That it fades into nothing.
(d) That it is brighter when she is brighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Colin Willacy?

2. Why does Cy climb a building?

3. From what do most of the boarders at Cy's home suffer?

4. What does Cy share with his mother?

5. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?

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