2. During the stakeout at the beginning of the story, Lionel and Gilbert share
(a) The gun.
(b) A bag of White Castles hamburgers.
(c) Headphones for listening to the wiretap in the building.
(d) Their feelings.

3. In Chapter 4, the author changes point of view to
(a) Third person, omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

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

5. (Tourette Dreams) immediately follows
(a) Lionel blowing out the candle and going to bed.
(b) A tic.
(c) Frank's departure.
(d) Lionel passing out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The main character's last name is

3. 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,"

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Frank's conversation in the car with his captors.

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

6. 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).

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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