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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 story begins with a stakeout in front of the
2. At the hospital, the doctors tell Lionel and Gilbert
3. Frank Minna refers to his Mother as
4. Almost everyone in the story
5. After their work is done, Frank often gives the boys
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the chapter, Tourette Dreams being composed of just one line?
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. What is the opening line of the joke Lionel tells Frank?
4. What characteristic does Lionel give Frank credit for developing in himself?
5. At St. Vincent's Home for Boys, where did Lionel spend all of his time and why?
6. What would a typical day working for Frank entail when the boys first started with him?
7. Give an example of how Minna used people to mark his territory.
8. Explain how Lionel finds Frank.
9. 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).
10. Frank's nickname for Lionel, Freakshow, suggests what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, Lionel feels protective towards Kimmery, yet she rescues him. 1) Write an essay in which you consider Kimmery as a foil character to Lionel. 2) Contrast these two characters and consider how it adds to the theme. 3) Write an essay that identifies other relationships in which protection adds to the theme.
Essay Topic 2
Most of the story is told in first person point of view. 1) Why is this effective? 2) What does it allow the author to do? 3) Consider the author's purpose in choosing this point of view, and evaluate the effect of this choice on the novel. Write can essay in which you discuss one of the above using examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you discuss the purpose and significance of the stylistic changes in Chapter 4, (Tourette Dreams), such as point of view, punctuation and parentheses. 2) Write an essay describing the change in point of view in Chapter 8, Formerly Known.
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