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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. In the phrase, "in Tourette Dreams you shed your tics or your tics shed you," it is implied that
(a) Tics involve shedding.
(b) Tics have control over the person and not vice versa.
(c) Tics change at night.
(d) Tics are not very friendly.

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

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

4. The personal items Frank leaves in the back seat of the car so that they are not stolen in the hospital are
(a) His bible and glasses.
(b) His gun and phone.
(c) His wallet, watch and beeper.
(d) His picture of Julia and wedding ring.

5. Minna Men wear suits, drive cars, listen to tapped lines, stand behind Minna, hands in their pockets, look menacing, carry money, collect money, don't ask questions, answer phones, pick up packages, and follow instructions suggests that
(a) Minna Men are brainwashed.
(b) Minna Men are afraid of losing their jobs.
(c) Minna Men love their job.
(d) Minna Men try to be like MInna.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story begins with a stakeout in front of the

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

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

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

5. Lionel thinks Gilbert is framed for

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implied by the sentence: In Tourette dreams you shed your tics or your tics shed you and you go with them, astonished to leave yourself behind).

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

3. What did Minna give the boys by removing them from St. Vincents?

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

5. Discuss what Lionel means when he says, It (meaning Minna's influence) changed us as a group. We developed a certain collective ego, a presence apart at the Home.

6. Explain how Lionel finds Frank.

7. Discuss Lionel's disposition with respect to his condition.

8. What did Lionel do when Detective Seminole asked him about Matricardi and Rockaforte?

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

10. What is the opening line of the joke Lionel tells Frank?

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