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

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

3. What has Cy learned?
(a) To sing to keep the women happy.
(b) to fight, evict brawlers, negotiate and be enjoyed by women in the back room.
(c) To size up a skin type by feeling with his eyes closed.
(d) To tattoo without using a drawing.

4. About what is Riley a stickler?
(a) Payment.
(b) Color.
(c) Design.
(d) Hygiene.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cy's mother board these "guests"?

2. What does Reeda think of Riley?

3. Where do Cy and his friends go to watch an effigy of "Kaiser Bill" burn?

4. What can Riley accept?

5. What does Cy observe as he is searching for shells?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Cy's first encounter with Riley.

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

4. How do Riley's and Cy's styles differ when starting a job on a client?

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

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

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

8. What does Riley tell Cy about Michelangelo?

9. What does Cy recall as he studies cloud formations and what might this foreshadow?

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

(see the answer keys)

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