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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. What color ink does Victor use to cross out the restaurants he has visited already?

2. Why does Victor go to see Dr. Marshall in Chapter 22?

3. What does Victor want Denny to do at St. Anthony's?

4. Why does Victor say he wants his mother to stay alive?

5. Why does Denny say he's carrying the object he brings to Victor's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Victor do when the girl leaves the front desk at St. Anthony's?

2. Why does Victor say that Colonial Dunsboro and St. Anthony's are both trapped in the past?

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

4. What does Ida do while walking around neighborhoods to get high for free?

5. Why would the narrator of the book start by saying not to read the book? What does this suggest about the narrator?

6. What are Victor and Denny each doing at the strip club?

7. What causes Victors mother to say to Victor, "Oh, blessed Father. Holy Father. Oh, please forgive me?"

8. Explain Victor's "Hero Book."

9. What does the newspaper advertisement say that Denny shows Victor?

10. Why does Victor force himself to choke on his dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwen asks Victor to rape her, but she has a long list of ground rules.

a. What does Victor do that Gwen doesn't want him to do while raping her?

b. Compare and contrast Victor's idea of rape with Gwen's.

Essay Topic 2

Victor wants to know who his father is, so Paige Marshall reads his mother's diary.

a. What does Paige tell Victor the Diary says about him?

b. In what ways does Victor reject this news?

c. In what ways does Victor embrace this news?

Essay Topic 3

Irony surrounds Ida Mancini's character. Describe the irony in the following situations:

a. Ida's death.

b. Victor's inability to have sex with Paige Marshall when she says it will help save Ida's life.

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