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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first business the Minna Men work at is called
(a) L & L Movers.
(b) L & L Car Services.
(c) L & L Agency.
(d) Minna Moving Company.

2. (Tourette Dreams) implies that the dreams
(a) Are about Tourette's Syndrome.
(b) Don't happen often.
(c) Belong to Lionel and are about Lionel.
(d) Are fast and jammed with unconscious information.

3. Lionel spends many hours of his childhood
(a) In the library.
(b) Playing with Tony.
(c) Hiding.
(d) Crying.

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

5. The first person to enter the building they are staking out is
(a) Tony.
(b) Officer Loomis.
(c) Frank.
(d) Kimmery.

6. When asked who wounded him, Frank's response is
(a) Tony
(b) Irving.
(c) His wife, Julia.
(d) The Zendo Master.

7. The four Minna Men are
(a) Tony, Danny, Frank and Lionel.
(b) Tony, Danny, Gilbert and Lionel.
(c) Gerard, Frank, Tony and Lionel
(d) Frank, Tony, Danny and Gilbert

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

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

10. 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) Fantasy.
(c) The antics of women.
(d) Relationships.

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

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

13. Lionel's disease is called
(a) Crone's Disease.
(b) Touching Syndrome.
(c) Tourette's Syndrome.
(d) Parkinson's Disease.

14. The phrase, "and you go with them, astonished to leave yourself behind," implies
(a) Walking in your sleep.
(b) A hallucination.
(c) A person with Tourette's has no identity without their tics.
(d) Having a nightmare.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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,"

3. L & L Car Service is different from other car services because

4. Lionel's complicated sandwich eating ritual allows him to

5. The last of Lionel's symtoms to emerge at thirteen, which is encouraged by Frank is

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