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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first business the Minna Men work at is called

2. All of the Minna Men grow up

3. Lionel spends many hours of his childhood

4. When he is discovered, Frank is suffering from

5. Lionel's complicated sandwich eating ritual allows him to

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Give an example of how Minna used people to mark his territory.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Write an essay in which you consider how Lionel's Tourettes Syndrome contributes to the theme of the story. 2) Write an essay in which you consider how Lionel's Tourettes Syndrome contributes to the plot of the story. or 3) Write an essay in which you consider how Lionel's Tourettes Syndrome contributes to the characterization of the story. Give examples of particular incidents with Lionel in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Because of Lionel's Tourette's Syndrome, the author's use of imagery is particularly vibrant. 1) Write an essay discussing the importance of the gustatory imagery to Lionel's character, or 2) Write an essay discussing the author's use of auditory imagery with respect to Lionel's character, or 3) Write and essay discussing the importance of tactile imagery to Lionel's character.

Essay Topic 3

1) Consider Frank's murder as an inciting incident in the novel. 2) Consider Frank's hiring of the Minna Men in the story. or 3) Consider Julia's meeting Gerard as an inciting incident. In an essay, explain the the situation you are describing, and how this incident contributes to the development of the plot.

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