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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what is Cy riveted?
(a) The thought that Grace was with all those soldiers right now.
(b) The idea of sex with Grace while working on the tattoo.
(c) The idea of Reeda, Grace and the eye.
(d) The idea of working on Grace's body.

2. Why does Cy skip lunch the next day?
(a) He is not hungry.
(b) He is on a restricted-calorie diet.
(c) So he won't miss Grace should she show up.
(d) He is still suffering the effects of the tainted hot dog of yesterday.

3. About what do the soldiers clown around with Grace?
(a) Sex.
(b) Pictures of mermaids.
(c) Needles.
(d) Her horse.

4. Why does America require voyeurism in every attraction?
(a) Because it substitutes emotion for thought.
(b) Because it is a melting pot of cultures.
(c) Because it puts everything out there for anyone to see.
(d) Because it is a young nation and full of sexual vigor.

5. Who is in Cy's tattoo parlor when Grace first visits?
(a) Six or seven young men in uniform.
(b) A young woman from Queens.
(c) No one.
(d) The Brooklyn police.

6. What does Cy do when Grace stands naked before him for the first time since the assault?
(a) Cy slams his hands down and swears to kill the assailant.
(b) Cy holds her in his arms for an hour.
(c) Cy cannot control his horror and weeps uncontrollably.
(d) Cy turns away unable to look at her.

7. What does Claudia do to Grace's assailant?
(a) Stabs him to death.
(b) Nearly beats him to death.
(c) Pours acid on him.
(d) Ties him up for the police.

8. What happens on Cy's 65th birthday?
(a) He dies.
(b) He decides to quit tattooing since it isn't popular anymore.
(c) He returns to America.
(d) Nina Shearer waltzes into his shop.

9. What does a voice advise a soldier to do while he is getting a tattoo?
(a) To smoke some hash.
(b) To pant.
(c) To focus on making his breathing slow and easy.
(d) To think about things that make him fall asleep so he will no longer be in his body.

10. How does Grace reassure Cy about her body?
(a) Tells him she no longer feels pain.
(b) Tells him that just knowing he was visiting Maximus made her feel better.
(c) Tells him doctors can do amazing things with skin grafts.
(d) Has him touch her scars.

11. Where does Cy go after he is thrown out of the hospital?
(a) To check on Maximus.
(b) To try to find Grace's sister.
(c) To drink himself into a stupor at Varga's.
(d) To the wharf to jump off.

12. What does Henry find when he climbs the floor to where Sedak is held?
(a) The door is ajar and the guard is missing.
(b) There are some strangers in the hallway.
(c) There is a fire in the hallway.
(d) Everything is fine.

13. What does Grace describe in graphic details to the soldiers?
(a) What she would be willing to do with them.
(b) What would happen to them if they touch her horse.
(c) What it's like to be in a real battle.
(d) Nothing; their presence overwhelms her.

14. Who is going to care for Maximus?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Cy.
(c) The circus trainer.
(d) Arturas.

15. What hums perpetually, eliciting screams?
(a) The wires strung overhead.
(b) The generators on the boardwalk.
(c) The hawkers on the boardwalk.
(d) Electric rides.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Cy meet Arturas and Claudia Overas?

2. Of what does Cy ask confirmation from Grace?

3. What does Grace's paper show?

4. What is Arturas' moniker?

5. What is Grace doing as Cy is finishing with the soldier?

(see the answer keys)

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