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

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

3. Why is Claudia obsessed with the baby incubation exhibition?
(a) She thinks it's where angels dwell.
(b) She has never been pregnant.
(c) She has had six miscarriages.
(d) She likes to sing to the babies.

4. Who sports orange hair and smudged black eyes and wears an oversized dress?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Mia.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Annamarie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy realize about the skin after the doctor talks to him?

2. How does Cy know his neighbors' names?

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

4. What does Henry notice about the service elevator?

5. Why does Grace say she will find Cy soon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cy compare Coney Island to Morecambe?

2. What secret of Claudia's does Grace hold?

3. What does Cy think about Coney Island and how do you interpret that?

4. Describe the first meeting between Arturas and Claudia Overas and Cy.

5. How does Cy remember Grace?

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

7. Do you think Sedak deserves what they do to him?

8. Why does tattooing survive change?

9. Give a physical and psychological description of Claudia.

10. Why does Cy stay open on rainy days and describe one such day.

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