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

2. What confuses Cy?
(a) Why he is not attending school.
(b) Why his mother cries for strangers.
(c) Where is father is.
(d) Watching his mother care for sobbing women who visit in the middle of the night.

3. Where is Cy's father?
(a) He is at work at the docks.
(b) He was lost years ago at sea.
(c) He is in America working to bring them over.
(d) He is at war in Germany.

4. From what do most of the boarders at Cy's home suffer?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Old Age.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Jonty Preston and Morris Gibbs?

2. What is Muriel's occupation?

3. Where does Cy work?

4. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?

5. Who does Cy recognize?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cy slip into starting to tattoo instead of just watching Riley and what is Riley's response?

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

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

4. What does Riley tell Cy about Michelangelo?

5. How does the topic of sex give Cy some not-so-great memories?

6. Describe Riley's death and Cy's response.

7. How does Riley explain the colors used in tattooing?

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

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

10. What marks Cy's transition from boyhood to manhood?

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