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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Kaiser and the Queen of Morecambe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?
(a) His mother leaning over his bed and singing him a lullaby.
(b) A ship from India coming into port one day and the excitement of it.
(c) A pig being slaughtered next door.
(d) Laughing summer crowds.

2. Who slices the rope?
(a) His friends.
(b) An angry looking man.
(c) A woman with a machete.
(d) A policeman.

3. With what does Cy decide he needs help?
(a) His chemistry homework.
(b) Wooing the girl with whom he is in love.
(c) Learning how to do tattoos.
(d) Getting to America.

4. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?
(a) A underworld spy.
(b) A lunatic.
(c) A cool tattoo artist.
(d) An undesirable papist who buys pigs' heads for ungodly purposes.

5. From what does Cy avert his eyes?
(a) From sick people coughing into basins.
(b) From the ice cream peddler down the street.
(c) From the neighbor's wife who is always naked.
(d) From his father's ash urn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?

2. For what does Cy get in trouble at school?

3. What does Cy not really understand?

4. Why do the town council's junctions bother Reeda?

5. Who is Colin Willacy?

(see the answer key)

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