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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cy have to use distilled water to make his inks?
(a) Because alcohol spirit solutions have been outlawed.
(b) Because Riley is experiementing with a new ink formula.
(c) Because alcohol spirit solutions cannot be safely stored in the cupboard.
(d) Because of war rationing.

2. How old is Cy when the book opens?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

3. With whom does Cy fall in love?
(a) Eva Brennan.
(b) Eva von Braun.
(c) Essie Jones.
(d) Estelle Baker.

4. What has Cy forgotten?
(a) What song his mother used to sing.
(b) Exactly how his mother's face looked.
(c) Why his father went to sea.
(d) How his grandfather used to buy him ice cream when he came visiting.

5. Where does Cy work?
(a) In a blacksmith shop.
(b) In a bakery.
(c) At the stables.
(d) In a print shop in the afternoons.

6. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?
(a) Wrestling with Monty's sister.
(b) Riding bareback on a circus horse.
(c) Weekly piddling competitions on the beach.
(d) Riding his bike inside school hallways.

7. Why does Cy wish his eyes could lie?
(a) So he could look his mama in the face.
(b) So the school bully would leave him alone.
(c) So his troubles would be over.
(d) So the schoolmaster wouldn't hit him.

8. What does Cy share with his mother?
(a) His wages.
(b) Nothing; he does not really talk to her much anymore.
(c) A worry he has about his father.
(d) A secret about Jonty.

9. Of what is Riley protective?
(a) His privacy.
(b) His self-proclaimed genius.
(c) His tools.
(d) His pictures.

10. What are Riley's rules of courtship?
(a) To court for at least a day before sex.
(b) To slap, grip, fist and dog-mount women.
(c) To treat them tenderly under the needle and harshly under him.
(d) To keep his professional life and sexual life seperate.

11. What is a key to the customer's personality?
(a) The color choices.
(b) The way the customer reacts to pain.
(c) The scent of the skin.
(d) The choice of pictures.

12. What does Cy observe as he is searching for shells?
(a) A boat in the harbor go up in flames.
(b) His neighbor hitting his wife.
(c) Jonty and the girl Cy loves kissing.
(d) A plane plunge into the sea.

13. When does Cy advance to freehand images?
(a) Whenever the "alpha male" is absent or more than one customer awaits one.
(b) When there is no picture for what the customer wants.
(c) When he is half drunk.
(d) When Riley can supervise him.

14. How do women's tattoos differ from men's?
(a) They are smaller and more discreet than men's and entirely personal.
(b) They are usually flowers.
(c) They are more colorful.
(d) They almost always have purple and pink in them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does the town council frown?

2. What is a distinct favorite of Cy and his friends?

3. What is an accurate description of the Ladies of Leeds?

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

5. What can Riley accept?

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