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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. Why does Cy advise the soldiers to go wash down their arms?
(a) So he doesn't have to go draw more water from next door.
(b) So the blood will not ruin their uniforms.
(c) So no muck will get into their bloodstreams.
(d) Cy advises them not to wash their arms.

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

3. By what is Grace hypnotized?
(a) The sound of Cy humming a hymn.
(b) The murmer of Cy as he reassures his client.
(c) The sound of the waves rolling on the beach.
(d) The sound of the mechanical embroidery.

4. How can Cy gain insights into Grace's personality?
(a) He can watch Grace perform.
(b) He can quiz chess devotees unobtrusively about Grace's strategy.
(c) He can ask Maximus.
(d) He can read some psychology books in the library.

5. What does Cy assume all newcomers to New York feel?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Overwhelmed.
(d) Sorrowful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cy go despite his vows never to return after Lulu's death?

2. What is Grace's attacker's plan?

3. What does Grace request of Cy?

4. What is the poor man's illustrator?

5. What do the police find when they go to Cy's tattoo parlor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does tattooing survive change?

2. When Cy is somewhat inebriated in Vargas, he makes what connection between Grace and his mother and how does he react to that connection?

3. How had Grace come to be known by some many so that perhaps Sedak knows of her and judges her?

4. How are tattooists looked at in Coney Island?

5. How does Cy remember Grace?

6. How does Grace send Eva's ghost packing?

7. What does Cy think he sees in a neighboring apartment that makes him question his sanity?

8. How does Cy compare Coney Island to Morecambe?

9. How does Cy first meet Grace?

10. What are Sedak's motives in attacking Grace?

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