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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many times, how does Victor pick a restaurant?
(a) Randomly dropping his finger.
(b) He lets Denny decide.
(c) He picks the most expensive one.
(d) The first one alphabetically.

2. What does Paige Marshall ask Victor about their earlier encounter in the chapel?
(a) Why he ran away.
(b) If he believed she could save his mother.
(c) If he wanted to do it again.
(d) If he enjoyed it.

3. What does Dr. Marshall tell Victor she can do?
(a) Save his mother.
(b) Move his mother to a different floor.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Have him admitted as a patient.

4. Who wrote the advertisement that Denny shows Victor?
(a) Victor's mother.
(b) Denny's parents.
(c) Denny's sponsor.
(d) Paige Marshall.

5. What does Victor initially think Denny is holding when he arrives at Victor's house the first time?
(a) A baby.
(b) A gun.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rock.

6. What does Victor tell the girl working the reception desk at St. Anthony's the first time he speaks to her?
(a) Her mole is probably cancerous.
(b) She is very pretty.
(c) She looks like she needs some coffee.
(d) He hopes his mother will die soon.

7. Why does Victor's mother say they will have 30 days of adventure?
(a) That is when she expects the cops to catch her.
(b) That is all she wants to see him for.
(c) That is when her credit cards will run out.
(d) She is going to take him back to his foster mother.

8. What does Victor's mother tell Paige Marshall parenthood is?
(a) Overrated.
(b) The opiate of the masses.
(c) A beautiful thing.
(d) A waste of time.

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

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

11. What does Victor tell one of the women dancers at the strip club?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) Smoking will give her lung cancer.
(c) She should stop dying her hair.
(d) Her mole is probably cancerous.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in the church is the narrator's meeting held?

2. What does Denny do when he and Victor get to St. Anthony's?

3. What do the letters that Ida Mancini got arrested for mailing relate to?

4. What does Dr. Marshal want to do with Victor?

5. What does Ida Mancini drink when walking through neighborhoods?

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