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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Victor and Denny visit the strip club, what is Victor doing?
(a) Trying to pick up women.
(b) Casually watching.
(c) Sketching the dancers.
(d) Examining the women as a doctor would.

2. What is the name of the girl the narrator meets at the church?
(a) Kim.
(b) Tina.
(c) Beth.
(d) Nico.

3. Where is the narrator's friend when he is first introduced?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the cabin.
(c) On his way to work.
(d) In the stocks.

4. What does the mother do when she has the boy get out of the bus?
(a) She traces his shadow.
(b) She yells at him for forgetting his lunch.
(c) She walks him to school.
(d) She drives away.

5. Where did Ida Mancini come from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ida Mancini revealed to be?

2. When Victor and Denny visit the strip club, what is Denny doing?

3. What piece of illegal contraband does Denny bring to work to show Victor?

4. Where does Denny tell Victor he will find the answers he seeks?

5. Who does Dr. Marshall say Ida Mancini believes Victor is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation Victor and Paige have the first time they see each other after Victor runs out on Paige at the chapel.

2. Explain the connection Victor makes in Chapter 15 when he and his mother are in the stalled car and the pornography he saw as a child.

3. Explain some of the codes that Ida tells Victor are the important lessons in life.

4. When Paige Marshall tells Victor she can restore his mother to the way she used to be, he says, "God forbid." Why would he say that?

5. What happens when Victor meets Paige Marshal in the chapel?

6. What does Victor know about Paige Marshall in the first part of this book?

7. What does the narrator mean when he says everyone at Colonial Dunsboro is addicted to something?

8. Explain Victor's "Hero Book."

9. What aspects does Victor take into consideration when selecting a restaurant?

10. What did Victor like so well about the pornography he found as a boy of the man with the monkey?

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