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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. Why do tattooists stand apart from the tricksters and freaks?
(a) They have to have a license.
(b) They do everything in the open.
(c) They develop a true rapport with their customers.
(d) They are seen as somehow genuine and timeless.

2. Who are Jonty Preston and Morris Gibbs?
(a) Cy's two uncles.
(b) Cy's two step brothers.
(c) Cy's two best friends.
(d) Two bullies who regularly beat up Cy.

3. 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 is a Russian, whereas Cy is born in Italy.
(c) She speaks ten languages and Cy only one.
(d) Reeda Parks can see beyond the horror of the sick people in ways her son cannot.

4. Who is Lulu?
(a) A bareback trick rider.
(b) One of the co-joined twins.
(c) The gentle performing elephant that accidentally crushes a man to death.
(d) A tightrope walker.

5. How does Cy's routine begin?
(a) By outlining in pencil the work area.
(b) By tapping three times on the table for luck.
(c) By singing a song to himself.
(d) With the question, "Ready?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Riley admire about Cy?

2. What's the only way Riley would consider himself a father figure to Cy?

3. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?

4. What does Reeda think of Riley?

5. How has Riley eclipsed Reeda?

(see the answer key)

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