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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Salvaging Renaissance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cy not really understand?
(a) That his mother does tattoos.
(b) That electricity is dangerous.
(c) That he is going to a boarding school.
(d) That his mother and Muriel perform abortions.

2. What is different about Cy's mom from Cy?
(a) She speaks ten languages and Cy only one.
(b) She had a loving, normal home, but Cy is raised in a boarding house of sick people.
(c) Reeda Parks can see beyond the horror of the sick people in ways her son cannot.
(d) She is a Russian, whereas Cy is born in Italy.

3. What happens to Riley at Moffat Revine?
(a) He strikes his head and is amnesiac.
(b) He drowns in the creek.
(c) His fingers are shattered.
(d) He gets into a fight and kills a man.

4. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life is ended?
(a) When Aurora Borealis, the "northern bloodlights," appear over the town.
(b) When Jonty drowns in the tide.
(c) When Cy falls in love.
(d) When his mother dies.

5. At what does Cy marvel?
(a) The way a woman's breast moves a tattoo.
(b) The intricate designs Riley tattoos.
(c) The way the colors glow on women.
(d) Women's endurance and unpredictability.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cy work?

2. What does Riley tattoo on Cy's chest?

3. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?

4. Why do women trust Riley?

5. What do people know?

(see the answer key)

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