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1. The "Dick Tracy" comics story of Littleface Finny begins with Dick And Pat Patton following a speeding trolley. it fails to make a curve and crashes into a service station. We see the driver lying in the aisle, slitting the back of a seat and dropping something inside. What is he hiding?
2. The two gunmen catch Joe Ballivan in the "Dick Tracy" comic strip. Using a fire hydrant they attempt to get the whereabouts of the diamonds out of him with the high pressure water. What type of torture, which has been in the news since 9/11, is this similar to?
3. In the "Dick Tracy" comic strip Mickey the bus driver believes he is dying and begins his confession to a nurse in the hospital. Two rather large, bulky women with veils enter the room and push the nurse out. What do they produce from under their cloaks?
4. In the "Dick Tracy" comic, Littleface lives several stories up in an apartment. One of his men used an initialed handkerchief to cover his face during a robbery, and it was noted in the papers. With one man holding the other, Littleface sets fire to the handkerchief while it is in his breast pocket, letting it burn him severely. There are witnesses. Who sees this act?
5. As Dick Tracy hangs from a window washers' scaffold far up the side of a building with no windows nearby, a woman looks at the scene from above. Without hesitation, she climbs out the window and down a slack rope hanging near the scaffold. What is her profession?
6. In the "Dick Tracy" comic, Littleface's getaway car crashes into a building and he rolls Loma up in netting from a tennis court. He then makes a silent and somewhat speedy getaway on what?
7. Littleface hooks a ride on the back of a truck while attempting a getaway in the "Dick Tracy" comic strip. The truck back up to a dock and Littleface runs in the first open door, hiding from the workers. The building is a meat locker and it is late in the day. What happens to Littleface?
8. Workers to the meat locker find a nearly frozen Littleface Finny lying on the floor when they open the door in the morning. One of them recognizes him as a gangster and suddenly the greed for money comes over him. In the style of the "Dick Tracy" comic, what is this money hungry man's name?
9. In "Dick Tracy", the doctor takes one look at the severely frostbitten Littleface and says, "Ye Gods! Half the man's flesh will come off!" Things don't turn out quite so bad, however. He does have to amputate something, however. What does he amputate?
10. A truck pulls up to where Littleface is hidden while Dick Tracy is watching the building. The men take something into the building and bring it back, staggering under the weight. In the "Dick Tracy" strip, Tracy realizes they have removed Littleface. How did they carry him out?
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