2. What do tattoos eventually become?
(a) Famous.
(b) An aggravation.
(c) Just another part of the anatomy.
(d) Sexually appealing.

3. Who is Colin Willacy?
(a) Cy's uncle.
(b) The headmaster at Cy's school.
(c) Cy's grandfather.
(d) Cy's mother's lawyer.

4. Where does Riley want to be buried?
(a) At sea.
(b) In his homeland of Russia.
(c) At the hillside cemetary.
(d) He wants to be cremated.

5. Where do the summer crowds gather?
(a) In the town's pavilions.
(b) In the movie theaters.
(c) Around the lake in the park.
(d) At two local pubs.

6. Who does Cy recognize?
(a) A woman who used to live at the boarding house.
(b) A man down the street as the thief who stole his bike.
(c) A policeman who accepts bribes from his mother.
(d) Reeba's helper.

7. For what does Cy use the last of Reeda's money?
(a) To buy a third-class ticket to America.
(b) To refurbish his tattoo parlour.
(c) A sea coffin for Riley.
(d) To send Riley's body to Russia.

8. What does Riley admire about Cy?
(a) His reticence.
(b) His imagination and dexterity.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His mother.

9. What amazes Cy?
(a) That Riley seldoms is aroused by his naked female clients.
(b) That someone so flaccid and bawdy can be so intricate and precise in his line work.
(c) That Riley hums hymns while he works.
(d) That Riley can be drunk and create magnificent tattoos.

10. How does Cy respond to what he sees in the basin?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Excitement.

11. From what does Cy avert his eyes?
(a) From sick people coughing into basins.
(b) From the neighbor's wife who is always naked.
(c) From the ice cream peddler down the street.
(d) From his father's ash urn.

12. About whom does Riley lecture Cy?
(a) Leonardo DeVinci.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Vermeer.
(d) Michelangelo.

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

14. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?
(a) Because she believes the human body is nothing of which to be ashamed.
(b) Because she had to pick up litter one day.
(c) Because Cy had to do community service one day.
(d) Because she didn't have the money for the fine.

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