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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. (Tourette Dreams) implies that the dreams
(a) Belong to Lionel and are about Lionel.
(b) Are about Tourette's Syndrome.
(c) Are fast and jammed with unconscious information.
(d) Don't happen often.

2. The parentheses around the title of Chapter 4 indicate
(a) An aside.
(b) That it is not important information.
(c) That the chapter represents unconscious thought.
(d) That someone else is thinking it.

3. At the age of thirteen, Tony is taken in and then returned by foster parents because
(a) He is gay.
(b) He is caught in bed with their sixteen-year-old daughter.
(c) He smokes and swears.
(d) They are Quaker.

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

5. Lionel thinks Gilbert is framed for
(a) Stealing money from L & L Car Service.
(b) Tony's murder.
(c) Uhlmann's murder.
(d) Frank's murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lionel describes the effect of drugs on his constellation of behaviors as

2. The narrator of the story is

3. All of the Minna Men

4. As Julia leaves the building, she is stopped by a police officer who asks her where she was that afternoon. Her response is, "Talk to Lionel,"

5. Lionel's passion for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince implies

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lionel mean when he says that a person with Tourette's can be the Invisible Man?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the symptoms of Lionel's disease.

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

10. What are Frank's instruction over the wire when the conversation in the Zendo ends?

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