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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. Lionel describes the effect of drugs on his constellation of behaviors as
3. The story begins with a stakeout in front of the
4. In Chapter 4, the author's change in point of view makes the reader feel
5. Gilbert is tolerant of Lionel because
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the opening line of the joke Lionel tells Frank?
2. What does Lionel mean when he says that a person with Tourette's can be the Invisible Man?
3. 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).
4. What characteristic does Lionel give Frank credit for developing in himself?
5. Discuss Lionel's disposition with respect to his condition.
6. Which of Lionel's symtoms keeps repeating itself on the night of the stakeout?
7. What would a typical day working for Frank entail when the boys first started with him?
8. 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.
9. What does Detective Seminole think of Lionel?
10. Explain the difference between a real car service and L & L.
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
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
When Lionel asks Frank, "Who did this to you?" he replies with a joke about Irving. 1) Write an essay identifying three ways in which this exchange contributes to the development of the plot of the story. 2) Write an essay identifying the importance of jokes to the development of plot in the novel.
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