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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tony tells Lionel to go explain to Julia, it suggests
(a) That everyone else has more important things to do.
(b) That she will prefer Lionel.
(c) That the others are afraid of her.
(d) That he knows her better than anyone else.

2. As Julia leaves the building, she is stopped by a police officer who asks her where she was that afternoon. Her response is, "Talk to Lionel,"
(a) He's my alibi.
(b) He's in charge now.
(c) He will tell you where you can reach me.
(d) He was with Frank this afternoon.

3. During the stakeout at the beginning of the story, Lionel and Gilbert share
(a) A bag of White Castles hamburgers.
(b) Their feelings.
(c) The gun.
(d) Headphones for listening to the wiretap in the building.

4. On the way to the hospital, Minna asks Lionel for
(a) His gun.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) His promise to find the attacker.
(d) A joke.

5. In 1979, when Frank begins picking up the boys, he is
(a) Married, but living with his mother.
(b) Still a boy himself.
(c) Twenty-five years old.
(d) Ignorant and rude.

6. The owner of Zeod's Market asks Lionel if he should
(a) Put his sandwich in a bag.
(b) Make the policeman the same sandwich.
(c) Kick the policeman out of his store.
(d) Put his sandwich on Frank's tab.

7. Gilbert is tolerant of Lionel because
(a) They share a memory of the Penguin Diorama on a museum field trip.
(b) He feels sorry for him.
(c) They are step brothers.
(d) They smoke together.

8. When Lionel goes to tell Julia about Frank, he finds out
(a) She has a police escort.
(b) She is taking over L & L Car Service.
(c) She is having an affair.
(d) She already knows and is packed to leave.

9. Minna Men wear suits, drive cars, listen to tapped lines, stand behind Minna, hands in their pockets, look menacing, carry money, collect money, don't ask questions, answer phones, pick up packages, and follow instructions suggests that
(a) Minna Men try to be like MInna.
(b) Minna Men are afraid of losing their jobs.
(c) Minna Men love their job.
(d) Minna Men are brainwashed.

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

11. Almost everyone in the story
(a) Shoots someone.
(b) Is adopted.
(c) Smokes.
(d) Caught Lionel's disease from him.

12. In the phrase, "in Tourette Dreams you shed your tics or your tics shed you," it is implied that
(a) Tics involve shedding.
(b) Tics change at night.
(c) Tics are not very friendly.
(d) Tics have control over the person and not vice versa.

13. When Lionel visits Julia, she teases him by
(a) Pretending she was still in love with Frank.
(b) Placing his hands on her breasts.
(c) Blowing smoke in his face.
(d) Counting backwards.

14. In Chapter 4, the lack of punctuation in the sentence suggests
(a) This is how all of Lionel's thoughts pass through his brain.
(b) Unimportant thoughts.
(c) Drifting thoughts with no beginning or end.
(d) Illogical thoughts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Lionel searches for the "language of himself" as a boy, he relates to

2. In Chapter 4, the solitary three lines about shedding your symptoms in your dreams or they will shed you, suggest

3. When Lionel invites the police officer to get a sandwich with him, it suggests

4. From what point of view is the story told?

5. The first person to enter the building they are staking out is

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