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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the book, vignettes tell the reader
(a) Clues about who is the murderer.
(b) How Lionel falls in love with Kimmery.
(c) How Lionel becomes a Zen Master.
(d) The thought process for someone with Lionel's disease.

2. Lionel finds Frank
(a) By yelling and listening for Frank to yell back.
(b) By listening to the headphones until he hears his own footsteps.
(c) By accidentally tripping over him in the dark.
(d) By torturing the giant until he gets the information out of him.

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

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

5. The story begins with a stakeout in front of the
(a) Minna's Moving Company.
(b) Yorkville Zendo.
(c) Queensborough Bridge.
(d) Tool Company.

6. Lionel and Gilbert find Frank wounded in
(a) A K-car.
(b) A Dumpster.
(c) A Lincoln.
(d) A steel mill.

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

8. The phenomenon that the boys study by watching television shows like I Dream of Jeannie and the Brady Bunch is
(a) Life in the '70's.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) The antics of women.

9. All of the Minna Men
(a) Are gay.
(b) Want Julia.
(c) Dislike Julia.
(d) Have girlfriends.

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

11. When Lionel invites the police officer to get a sandwich with him, it suggests
(a) He is trying to bribe the police officer.
(b) He doesn't want the police officer to know where he lives.
(c) He has information to share with the police officer.
(d) He wants to let the police officer in on his favorite sandwich place.

12. Another of Lionel's pet peeves with Loomis involves joke telling because
(a) He always tells the same three jokes.
(b) He tells riddles instead of jokes.
(c) He forgets the punch lines.
(d) His punch lines are lame.

13. The item Lionel steals from the home of The Clients is
(a) A hundred-dollar bill.
(b) A fork.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A beer.

14. At Sarah J. Hale High School, it is not cool for a white boy to talk to, flirt with or make eye contact with a black girl because
(a) They are already claimed by boyfriends and their lives lead elsewhere.
(b) Their are only a few black girls.
(c) The white girl gangs will be insulted and ambush them.
(d) The student majority is hispanic.

15. 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 are brainwashed.
(b) Minna Men are afraid of losing their jobs.
(c) Minna Men love their job.
(d) Minna Men try to be like MInna.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they follow Frank in the car, after his abduction, they hear his captor say

2. The police officer continually calls Lionel

3. According to Lionel, a Touretter can also be

4. By condensing Chapter 4 to one page and one phrase that mentions dreams, the author is conveying

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

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