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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Gilbert explains to Tony and Danny what happened to Frank, Danny keeps saying
(a) Somebody's going to have to tell Julia.
(b) Don't talk about Frank like that.
(c) One of us should call his Mom.
(d) I'm in charge now.

3. The narrator of the story is
(a) Lionel
(b) Frank
(c) Julia
(d) Roshi

4. As Lionel searches for the "language of himself" as a boy, he relates to
(a) Larry Hagman.
(b) Desi Arnaz.
(c) Daffy Duck.
(d) Dick York.

5. In the sentence, "and you go with them, astonished to leave yourself behind," who is them?
(a) The tics.
(b) Other people suffering from Tourette's.
(c) The sheds.
(d) Your dreams.

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

7. 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 was with Frank this afternoon.
(b) He will tell you where you can reach me.
(c) He's my alibi.
(d) He's in charge now.

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

9. The symptoms of Lionel's disease are called
(a) Tics.
(b) Lics.
(c) Ticks.
(d) Taps.

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

11. 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 student majority is hispanic.
(d) The white girl gangs will be insulted and ambush them.

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

13. Although Lionel describes his abundance of symptoms and the feelings that accompany them, he does not
(a) Tell jokes.
(b) Whine and complain.
(c) Understand that he is different than others.
(d) Try to suppress them.

14. Echolalia refers to
(a) Yelling in between buildings to see if it echoes.
(b) Memorizing and repeating back conversations, word for word.
(c) Repeating and changing words.
(d) Copying what someone else says each they say something.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When asked where she is going, Julia tells Lionel

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

4. At the age of twelve, Lionel's earliest compulsions include

5. The L & L Car Service was a front for

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