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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. Who does Ida tell Victor she wants to see in Chapter 36?

2. Where does the woman Victor is with at work say she saw Denny?

3. What emotion does Ida say she has for Paige?

4. Where was Victor's mom when she picked him up in the last flash back story?

5. What does Denny say can be just as dangerous as a poorly constructed house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Denny's rock collecting going by the middle of the book?

2. What does Victor do to Paige before leaving the hospital?

3. What does Victor say when Denny asks him if he had sex on the alter with Dr. Marshall?

4. Describe Victor waiting for Gwen.

5. What happens when the police officer pounds Victor on the back?

6. What is different about Victor's encounter with Leeza after he is told he has divine origins than his other encounters with her?

7. What does Victor do to make himself choke at the police station?

8. What happens when Paige attempts to help save Ida?

9. Why are Victor and Denny walking around the neighborhood in Chapter 26?

10. What does Ursula say about Denny while she and Victor are fooling around in the shed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is an important part of Choke.

a. What is Victor's choking symbolic of? How has it brought Victor and Ida closer together both when victor was young and as an adult?

b. What is Victor having anal beads stuck in his rectum symbolic of? What is symbolized when they come out?

c. What is the dental floss Paige uses on Victor symbolic of?

d. How is Victor's life at work symbolic of his real life?

Essay Topic 2

When Victor is denying to himself the possibility of being the second coming of Christ, he set out to do things Jesus would not do.

a. What activities does Victor engage in that he thinks Jesus would not?

b. Why does Victor likely pick these activities specifically?

Essay Topic 3

Dependence is a common theme of Choke as well as addictions. How are each of the following dependent on one another?

a. Young Victor and his mother.

b. Adult Victor and Ida Mancini.

c. Denny and Victor.

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