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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Babylon in Brooklyn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reeda think of Riley?
(a) That he is dangerous.
(b) That he is somewhat crazy.
(c) That he is a drunkard, a Catholic and maybe a Bolshevik.
(d) That he is honorable.

2. Of what is Coney Island proof?
(a) That human depravity is alive and well.
(b) That the stranger one is the more money one can make.
(c) That the Victorian era cannot conjure out the black Gothic soul or suppress its darker energy.
(d) That freedom to be eccentric exists.

3. From what do most of the boarders at Cy's home suffer?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Old Age.
(d) Syphilis.

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

5. What can cost two-thirds of one's tattoo business?
(a) Dirt in the parlour.
(b) Closing on rainy days.
(c) Not having enough pictures.
(d) Having dull needles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Riley say that Cy needs to comfort customers?

2. What is Riley's tenth commandment?

3. Who is Lulu?

4. Who is Colin Willacy?

5. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?

(see the answer key)

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