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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. Another of Lionel's pet peeves with Loomis involves joke telling because

2. When Frank leaves the building, he is being escorted by

3. When asked who wounded him, Frank's response is

4. In Chapter 4, the solitary three lines about shedding your symptoms in your dreams or they will shed you, suggest

5. Although Lionel describes his abundance of symptoms and the feelings that accompany them, he does not

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What characteristic does Lionel give Frank credit for developing in himself?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lionel identifies almost everything with his Tourette's through tics. Consider the significance of these tics to 1) Lionel's perception of his own identity. 2) the message of MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN or 3) Lionel's perception of the world's view of people with Tourette's. In your essay, describe at least three examples of Lionel's tics, including the situation in which they appear, and explain the significance of each.

Essay Topic 2

Comedian Lily Tomlin said, "After all, in private we're all misfits." The men of Fujisaki Corporation are wealthy yet misfits in their own country of Japan. 1) Write an essay considering Tomlin's quote in relation to the novel, 2) Write an essay considering how the men of Fujisaki Corporation might not fit the lifestyle on Muscongus Island in Maine. or 3) Write an essay considering the men of Fujisaki Corporation and how the might not fit the lifestyle of the Zendo at which they practice.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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