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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paige Marshall offer to do for Victor the second time he meets her?
(a) Have his mother transfered to a better hospital.
(b) Move in with him.
(c) Have sex with him.
(d) Restore his mother's mind.

2. Why does Victor say he wants his mother to stay alive?
(a) He needs her money.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He needs to know who his father is.
(d) He wants her to be dependent on him.

3. Why does the narrator go to the church?
(a) Cancer support meeting.
(b) Alcohol Anonymous meeting.
(c) Sex addict meeting.
(d) Tuberculosis support meeting.

4. How old is Ida Mancini revealed to be?
(a) 55.
(b) 101.
(c) 83.
(d) 62.

5. What color ink does Victor use to cross out the restaurants he has visited already?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

6. What does the narrator claim all of his co-workers are addicted to?
(a) Sex.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Rules.

7. Why does Dr. Marshall assert that Victor does not want his "old" mother back?
(a) He is selfish.
(b) He does not love her.
(c) She abused him.
(d) She is too strong for him.

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

9. Why does the narrator say this book was written?
(a) As a dare from a friend.
(b) To save people.
(c) Because he was bored.
(d) As part of a twelve-step program.

10. What does Victor tell his mother when she asks how he is doing?
(a) "I don't know who Victor is."
(b) "He's killing himself."
(c) "You don't want to know."
(d) "Fine."

11. What does Victor choke on the first time he is shown choking as an adult?
(a) Yams.
(b) Fish.
(c) Steak.
(d) Hot dog.

12. According to Paige Marshall, where did Ida Mancini get pregnant?
(a) England.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

13. Why does the narrator say he goes to the meetings at the church?
(a) He is ordered to by the court.
(b) To get over his problem.
(c) It's cheaper than a movie.
(d) Contacts, tips, and techniques.

14. What do the people that save Victor's life send him?
(a) Party invitations.
(b) Birthday cards.
(c) Family photos.
(d) Threatening letters.

15. Why does Denny get put in the stocks at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) He has a tattoo.
(b) He has a night club stamp on his hand.
(c) He has a bald head.
(d) He has a goatee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, where is Victor when he is reunited with his mother?

2. Who does Victor tell his mother he is at the end of Chapter 10?

3. Why does Denny say he is collecting the objects he collects?

4. What does Ida Mancini say her goal in life is while walking through neighborhoods with Victor?

5. Where does the narrator go with the woman he meets at the church instead of the meeting room?

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