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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Bloodlights.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the town council do to offenders of their policies?
(a) Publishes the names of offenders.
(b) Makes them pick litter off the beach.
(c) Fines them.
(d) Gives them community service.

3. Why does Cy's mother board these "guests"?
(a) She is a saint.
(b) Her husband forces her to do so.
(c) She believes it is her duty.
(d) These guests pay her bills.

4. How does Cy respond to what he sees in the basin?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Curiosity.

5. What does Cy observe in other people's eyes?
(a) A anger at the war's toll.
(b) A despondency.
(c) A hunger for simpler times.
(d) A strange new glow as they find ways to work through pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one form of amusement Cy enjoys?

2. Who is Muriel?

3. Where do the summer crowds gather?

4. What does Cy realize about life?

5. What does Cy not know?

(see the answer key)

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