2. When Frank says, "Don't tug the boat," he means
(a) Pushing your luck too far.
(b) Making everyone wait for you.
(c) Failing to introduce someone.
(d) Interrupting.

3. The police officer continually calls Lionel
(a) Prince.
(b) Alibi.
(c) Knuckle head.
(d) Bailey.

4. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person, omniscient.

5. Almost everyone in the story
(a) Smokes.
(b) Caught Lionel's disease from him.
(c) Shoots someone.
(d) Is adopted.

Short Answer Questions

1. The symptoms of Lionel's disease are called

2. Although Lionel describes his abundance of symptoms and the feelings that accompany them, he does not

3. Throughout the book, vignettes tell the reader

4. The four Minna Men are

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Frank's nickname for Lionel, Freakshow, suggests what?

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

4. 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).

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

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

7. What would a typical day working for Frank entail when the boys first started with him?

8. What role does Frank play in the lives of the MInna Men?

9. Describe the symptoms of Lionel's disease.

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

(see the answer keys)

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