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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, History's Ink.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?
(a) Because he knew Cy's father.
(b) To pass on his artisanship and genius to someone before he dies.
(c) Because he is in love with Cy's mother.
(d) Because he thinks Cy will turn out to be no good otherwise.

3. Who does Cy watch at Varga's?
(a) Grace playing chess.
(b) A man and woman having a loud argument.
(c) The twins having a drinking contest.
(d) Two men downing snapps and arm wrestling.

4. What do the skyscrapers do to Cy?
(a) They give him a kink in his neck as he constantly looks up.
(b) They scare him.
(c) They seem to pull him up through the sky and out into space.
(d) They make him think he is in heaven.

5. Who takes Cy's tattoo equipment?
(a) A Latino gang.
(b) The mafia.
(c) Three ruffians.
(d) The cops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do tattooists stand apart from the tricksters and freaks?

2. Why does Cy wish his eyes could lie?

3. What does Cy hear through the window of the building he climbs?

4. Where is Cy when "Babylon in Brooklyn" opens?

5. For what does Cy use the last of Reeda's money?

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