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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. In what condition do they find Sedak?
(a) Gone.
(b) Dead.
(c) Burned and blinded.
(d) Fine except a small eye tattoo.

2. What drawing does Cy search for and find near the end of the book?
(a) His first mermaid.
(b) An ancient eye.
(c) A woman on a dancing horse.
(d) A flying horse.

3. What requires appalling discipline on Cy's part?
(a) Coming to know Grace's body without surrendering to lust.
(b) Not telling Grace he does not approve of her design.
(c) Working on Grace and charging her money for the pleasure.
(d) Requesting that Maximus stays home so that Grace is thinking of Cy.

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

5. What does Cy do when he visits Maximus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Talks to him about his plans to move back to Europe.
(c) Assures him of Grace's love.
(d) Grooms him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After hearing Grace talk, what does Cy wonder about her?

2. Who is going to care for Maximus?

3. How has Riley eclipsed Reeda?

4. Who owns the Varga Oyster Bar?

5. Why does Coney Island offer anything repulsive, breathtaking, or monstrously new that people are willing to pay to see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are tattooists looked at in Coney Island?

4. Why does tattooing survive change?

5. Why do you think Cy returns to Pedder Street in Morecambe?

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

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

8. What gives a possible hint to a terrible secret in Grace's past?

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

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

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