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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 does Denny tell the film crews he's building?

2. When does Victor say he planed to get his mother out of his life forever in the last flash back chapter?

3. Why is Victor waiting in the girl's house?

4. Where does Denny have rocks stored in Victor's house? Select the best answer.

5. Why are Victor, Denny, and Beth watching the broadcast of Victor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Gwen's ground rules for Victor to rape her?

2. How does Paige respond when Victor asks her if she is believing all this stuff about him being the second coming of Christ?

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

4. What happens after Ida dies?

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

6. Describe how Victor makes an ear candle, and how he says it works.

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

8. What did Ida Mancini do as a sex therapist?

9. How does Ida Mancini die?

10. What do we learn about Victor's relationship with his mother during the final flashback chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

People with addictions are often experts of denial. Victor is no exception.

a. Explain how Victor's explanation of step 4 of his 12 step program could be seen as denial.

b. Explain how denial consumes Victor after Paige tells him his mother thinks he is the second coming of Christ.

Essay Topic 3

Victor and Denny get into an argument about what Denny is building.

a. What is Victor's side of the argument?

b. What is Denny's side of the argument?

c. How does each character's side of the argument relate to the theme of freedom?

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