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

2. What is a distinct favorite of Cy and his friends?
(a) The cotton candy.
(b) The blaring music.
(c) A line of Bathing Beauties parades barer than ever and Gaynor Shearer's erect nipples.
(d) The ice cream machine.

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

4. Who comes to help Cy's mother die?
(a) Aunt Dorthey.
(b) Aunt Doris.
(c) Aunt June.
(d) Cy's grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cy wish his eyes could lie?

2. With whom does Cy fall in love?

3. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?

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

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

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