3. The last of Lionel's symtoms to emerge at thirteen, which is encouraged by Frank is
(a) Kissing.
(b) Winking.
(c) Whistling.
(d) Language.

4. When asked who wounded him, Frank's response is
(a) Irving.
(b) Tony
(c) The Zendo Master.
(d) His wife, Julia.

5. Lionel and Gilbert find Frank wounded in
(a) A K-car.
(b) A Lincoln.
(c) A Dumpster.
(d) A steel mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. By condensing Chapter 4 to one page and one phrase that mentions dreams, the author is conveying

2. Lionel finds Frank

3. L & L Car Service is different from other car services because

4. As Lionel searches for the "language of himself" as a boy, he relates to

5. When Lionel invites the police officer to get a sandwich with him, it suggests

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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).

3. Describe Tony's character.

4. Before he enters the Zendo, Frank Minna's instructions to Lionel include

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

6. 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.

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

8. What does Detective Seminole think of Lionel?

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

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

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