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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. For what do the boys use Muriel's equipment?
(a) To experience a splendid rush of energy.
(b) To jolt each other in the arm.
(c) To check their heartbeats.
(d) To watch the ships in the harbor.

2. What convinces Cy that the first part of his life is ended?
(a) When his mother dies.
(b) When Cy falls in love.
(c) When Aurora Borealis, the "northern bloodlights," appear over the town.
(d) When Jonty drowns in the tide.

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

4. What can Riley accept?
(a) Cy's need to care for his mother.
(b) Horror, sin, evil and lunacy as truth on a par with the love of God and beatific goodness.
(c) Riley's need for alcohol.
(d) Cy's need for a girlfriend.

5. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?
(a) Because he knew Cy's father.
(b) To pass on his artisanship and genius to someone before he dies.
(c) Because he is in love with Cy's mother.
(d) Because he thinks Cy will turn out to be no good otherwise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Morecambe celebrate the coming armistice?

2. How does Jonty describe Mr. Riley?

3. Who does Cy recognize?

4. Where is Cy's father?

5. Who slices the rope?

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