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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 old is Cy when the book opens?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 1.
(d) 10.

2. Who is Colin Willacy?
(a) Cy's uncle.
(b) The headmaster at Cy's school.
(c) Cy's mother's lawyer.
(d) Cy's grandfather.

3. With what does Cy decide he needs help?
(a) Getting to America.
(b) His chemistry homework.
(c) Learning how to do tattoos.
(d) Wooing the girl with whom he is in love.

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

5. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?
(a) A pig being slaughtered next door.
(b) His mother leaning over his bed and singing him a lullaby.
(c) A ship from India coming into port one day and the excitement of it.
(d) Laughing summer crowds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy share with his mother?

2. What is an accurate description of the Ladies of Leeds?

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

4. What does Cy realize about life?

5. From what does Cy avert his eyes?

(see the answer key)

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