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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. Frank Minna refers to his Mother as

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

3. When Lionel returns from seeing Julia, he gets a phone call with news that

4. Almost everyone in the story

5. (Tourette Dreams) implies that the dreams

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Frank's nickname for Lionel, Freakshow, suggests what?

4. Describe Tony's character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1) Write an essay describing the author's depiction of family in the novel. 2) Describe the author's description of family within the Fujisaki Corporation and 3) Describe the author's depiction of family with the Zendo.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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