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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does fine-line hatching do?
(a) Tricks the eye into seeing three dimensions.
(b) Causes much blood loss.
(c) Causes scar tissue.
(d) Creates a wavy image.

5. Why does Riley say that Cy needs to comfort customers?
(a) Because some change their minds and flee.
(b) Because it makes the needles hurt less.
(c) Because customers come there for more than one reason.
(d) Because they are as much a psychiatrist as artists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what is Riley a stickler?

3. What does Riley tattoo on Cy's chest?

4. What does Cy's mother say about the sun's light?

5. What is Riley's tenth commandment?

Short Essay Questions

1. There are many instances of foreshadowing in this opening section. Name one and venture a guess as to what it could foreshadow.

2. What experience causes Cy to no longer be able to sleep under tight blankets?

3. Describe Cy's first encounter with Riley.

4. How does Riley come to offer Cy an apprenticeship and what is Cy's response?

5. How does Cy's mother Reeda respond to his possible apprenticeship with Riley?

6. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life has ended?

7. Describe the type of clients that are often drawn to Riley's tattoo parlor.

8. How does Cy's afternoon employment foreshadow his future work?

9. What are some of the contrasting images seen in the very beginning of this book?

10. Why do many women come to Riley's tattoo parlor?

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