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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Danny's real language is
(a) Italian.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Cool.
(d) Shooting a gun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Minna Men first meet Frank's brother, Gerard at

3. Lionel and Gilbert find Frank wounded in

4. When Lionel goes to tell Julia about Frank, he finds out

5. Lionel finds Frank

Short Essay Questions

1. Before he enters the Zendo, Frank Minna's instructions to Lionel include

2. What is the significance of the chapter, Tourette Dreams being composed of just one line?

3. What does Detective Seminole think of Lionel?

4. What is Lionel's mission in the story?

5. At St. Vincent's Home for Boys, where did Lionel spend all of his time and why?

6. What is Julia's reaction when Lionel stops by to tell her about Frank?

7. Explain how Lionel finds Frank.

8. What is inferred in the sentence: "We were all four of us an arrangement around a missing centerpiece, as incoherent as a verbless sentence.

9. Which of Lionel's symtoms keeps repeating itself on the night of the stakeout?

10. Describe Frank's condition when they find him.

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