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

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

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

4. Lionel's complicated sandwich eating ritual allows him to
(a) Monitor his food so that he doesn't overeat.
(b) Eat without touching his food.
(c) Satisfy his compulsions so that he has room to grieve.
(d) Use his favorite fork.

5. Lionel's visits to all of Frank's favorite places suggest
(a) He is giving the news to all of Frank's business associates.
(b) He is trying to get clues as to where Frank might be.
(c) He is trying to lead the policeman off track.
(d) He is not ready to accept the reality of Frank being gone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Frank leaves the building, he is being escorted by

3. When asked who wounded him, Frank's response is

4. At the hospital, the doctors tell Lionel and Gilbert

5. In the phrase, "in Tourette Dreams you shed your tics or your tics shed you," it is implied that

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Give an example of how Minna used people to mark his territory.

6. Describe what happens in the penguin incident with Lionel and Gilbert.

7. 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.

8. Describe the symptoms of Lionel's disease.

9. Why was Lionel visiting all of Frank's old haunts?

10. What characteristic does Lionel give Frank credit for developing in himself?

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