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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. At Sarah J. Hale High School, it is not cool for a white boy to talk to, flirt with or make eye contact with a black girl because

2. The narrator of the story is

3. At the age of twelve, Lionel's earliest compulsions include

4. (Tourette Dreams) implies that the dreams

5. The four Minna Men are

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens in the penguin incident with Lionel and Gilbert.

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

3. Describe the symptoms of Lionel's disease.

4. Discuss Lionel's disposition with respect to his condition.

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

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

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

8. Describe Tony's character.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lionel identifies with several people and things in the story. Explain why he identifies with 1) Food, 2) Frank or 3) Kimmery and consider how each relationship contributes to the theme of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the development of the concept of loyalty in the novel. Write an essay in which you discuss the theme of loyalty, describing: 1) each of the Minna Men and how they show their loyalty to Frank, 2) the loyalty between Frank and his brother Gerard, or 3) Frank and his wife, Julia.

Essay Topic 3

1) Consider the contrast between the author's use of the calm setting of the Zendo and Lionel's maniacal personality. 2) Consider the contrast between the Fujisaki Corporation and Gerard's personality, or 3) Consider the contrast between life at the orphanage with working for Frank Minna. Then write an essay in which you explore what the author achieves through such striking contrasts using examples to support your argument.

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