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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "Motherless Brooklyn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the age of thirteen, Tony is taken in and then returned by foster parents because
(a) They are Quaker.
(b) He is gay.
(c) He smokes and swears.
(d) He is caught in bed with their sixteen-year-old daughter.

2. All of the Minna Men grow up
(a) In an orphanage.
(b) In Queens.
(c) In different states.
(d) Next door to each other.

3. The names Matricardi and Rockaforte are
(a) Never to be mentioned.
(b) Frank's real family names.
(c) Kept from the Minna Men.
(d) Written at the bottom of the business card for L & L Movers.

4. The hospital Frank tells Gilbert to drive to is
(a) Brooklyn Hospital.
(b) St. Albert Hospital.
(c) Brooklyn-Queens Hospital.
(d) St. Vincents Hospital.

5. When Frank says, "Don't tug the boat," he means
(a) Interrupting.
(b) Failing to introduce someone.
(c) Making everyone wait for you.
(d) Pushing your luck too far.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lionel spends many hours of his childhood

2. On the way to the hospital, Minna asks Lionel for

3. When Frank leaves the building, he is being escorted by

4. During the stakeout at the beginning of the story, Lionel and Gilbert share

5. After their work is done, Frank often gives the boys

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