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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 the age of thirteen, Tony is taken in and then returned by foster parents because

2. At the hospital, the doctors tell Lionel and Gilbert

3. The police officer continually calls Lionel

4. The fragmented sentence broken into three parts in Chapter 4 suggests

5. Danny's real language is

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Consider Lionel's characterization throughout the novel as he interacts and responds to others. Write an essay in which you describe the author's characterization of 1) Lionel through his jumbled thoughts, 2) Lionel through his verbal outbursts or 3) Lionel through his reactions to others. Identify three examples of the specific form of characterization to support your argument.

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

The author uses irony in the story itself and in the character's life stories as well. Write an essay in which you consider the author's use of 1) irony in the development of plot, 2) irony in the development of characters, or 3) irony in the development of the theme of the novel. Use at least three examples to support your ideas.

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