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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 do mothers drop off their babies at the incubation exhibition?
(a) They are hopeful the babies will grow into healthy, hungry, crying beings.
(b) They hope the baby will die faster there.
(c) They cannot care for them at home.
(d) They have to by law.

2. What does Cy think he sees in an apartment below him?
(a) An alligator on the window seat.
(b) A tiger in a cage.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A horse eating hay.

3. Who had left the back door unlocked?
(a) Henry.
(b) The guard.
(c) Sedak.
(d) No one; the lock is broken.

4. How does Claudia describe Grace?
(a) As a person who knows about many things.
(b) As a person who can reside under the skin.
(c) As a mind that consumes all details.
(d) As a well that overflows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Grace and Maximus?

2. With what is Claudia obsessed?

3. By what is Cy riveted?

4. Who owns the Varga Oyster Bar?

5. Where is Cy when "Babylon in Brooklyn" opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does tattooing survive change?

3. When Grace is out of the hospital and visits Cy, how is her body described and how does Cy respond?

4. Give a physical and psychological description of Claudia.

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

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

7. How is Grace described at the beginning of "The Lady of Many Eyes"?

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

9. How does Cy feel about tattooing?

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

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