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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lionel returns from seeing Julia, he gets a phone call with news that
(a) The Minna Men have a new job.
(b) The police officer needs to ask him more questions.
(c) Gilbert has been arrested.
(d) Julia has returned.

2. When Frank leaves the building, he is being escorted by
(a) Kimmery.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) The doorman.
(d) A giant man in a black coat.

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

4. The fragmented sentence broken into three parts in Chapter 4 suggests
(a) A new number compulsion.
(b) The interrupted delivery of thought in sleep.
(c) The three other Minna Men.
(d) Lionel's brainwaves.

5. In Chapter 4, the solitary three lines about shedding your symptoms in your dreams or they will shed you, suggest
(a) Lionel does not have his symptoms in his dreams and feels a loss of identity without them.
(b) Lionel sleeps fitfully.
(c) Lionel dreams that everyone shuns him.
(d) Lionel has taken the wrong medication.

6. The Minna Men first meet Frank's brother, Gerard at
(a) Their mother's home during Christmas dinner.
(b) At the Zendo.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) They never meet him.

7. When Minna is abducted, Lionel and Gilbert are able to find him because
(a) Tony calls and tells them where he is.
(b) They are able to follow the car.
(c) He is wearing a wire and gives them clues.
(d) They guess where he is being taken

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

9. Loomis' tendencies toward laziness and imprecision cause Lionel to
(a) Slap him.
(b) Lecture him.
(c) Dislike him.
(d) Suffer more than his usual number of symtoms.

10. The Minna Man convinced that the Italians will return for him is
(a) Tony
(b) Frank
(c) Lionel
(d) Danny

11. Lionel describes the effect of drugs on his constellation of behaviors as
(a) Wheels within wheels.
(b) Dimming the world.
(c) Snowflake land.
(d) Rama-lama-ding-dong.

12. The characteristic of Lionel's that is masked by his symptoms is
(a) His need for vengence.
(b) His sensitivity.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His love of food.

13. Lionel thinks Gilbert is framed for
(a) Uhlmann's murder.
(b) Tony's murder.
(c) Stealing money from L & L Car Service.
(d) Frank's murder.

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

15. During the stakeout, before he enters the building, Frank tells Lionel and Gilbert to cover him but they
(a) Tell him they quit.
(b) Tell him they don't like his plan.
(c) Admit they are scared.
(d) Admit they don't have a gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, the lack of punctuation in the sentence suggests

2. At the hospital, the doctors tell Lionel and Gilbert

3. 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

4. The phrase, "and you go with them, astonished to leave yourself behind," implies

5. The owner of Zeod's Market asks Lionel if he should

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