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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. Lionel's arbitrary rules about drinking beer downstairs and whiskey upstairs and playing cards downstairs and a chess game upstairs suggests
(a) He was hiding things from the Minna Men.
(b) He had a split personality.
(c) That Lionel kept more expensive passtimes to himself.
(d) That Lionel tried to separate his work life from his home life.

2. Lionel's passion for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince implies
(a) That he relates to the expulsive style of the music.
(b) That he has manic tendencies.
(c) That his goal is to be a rock star.
(d) That he prefers rap to jazz.

3. Gilbert is tolerant of Lionel because
(a) They are step brothers.
(b) They smoke together.
(c) He feels sorry for him.
(d) They share a memory of the Penguin Diorama on a museum field trip.

4. Another of Lionel's pet peeves with Loomis involves joke telling because
(a) He tells riddles instead of jokes.
(b) He always tells the same three jokes.
(c) His punch lines are lame.
(d) He forgets the punch lines.

5. The parentheses around the fragmented sentence pieces in Chapter 4 represents
(a) The unconscious realization that someone is near.
(b) The atmosphere of sleep.
(c) A hug.
(d) The reader's need to pause between each portion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The door of Lionel's apartment was riddled by dents because

2. When Lionel returns from seeing Julia, he gets a phone call with news that

3. Lionel thinks Gilbert is framed for

4. The personal items Frank leaves in the back seat of the car so that they are not stolen in the hospital are

5. During the stakeout, before he enters the building, Frank tells Lionel and Gilbert to cover him but they

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the symptoms of Lionel's disease.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Lionel's ritual as he eats his sandwich after trying to get Gilbert out of jail.

9. Explain the difference between a real car service and L & L.

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

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