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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Victor.
(b) Denny.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Bob.

2. What does the narrator say to do with this book in the first line?
(a) Buy it.
(b) Steal it and give it to a friend.
(c) Don't bother reading it.
(d) Burn it.

3. When Victor visits the hospital in Chapter 8, where is his mother?
(a) Her new room.
(b) The shower.
(c) Dead.
(d) The chapel.

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

5. What was Victor's signal from his mother when he was a boy in school?.
(a) At the store they ask for quarters at checkout stand five.
(b) He hears "The Blue Danube Waltz."
(c) His dental appointment is canceled.
(d) To meet in the cosmetic department.

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

7. In what state did Ida Mancini go to medical school?
(a) New York.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Iowa.
(d) California.

8. When Victor visits his mother in Chapter 3, who does she think he is?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her old lawyer.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

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

10. What does the narrator say is the only thing to remain constant in his life as he moved from foster home to foster home?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friends.
(c) The internet.
(d) Love.

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

12. What does the patient wear at the end of the chapter where Denny and Victor go to St. Anthony's?
(a) Denny's shoes.
(b) Denny's jacket.
(c) Denny's shirt.
(d) Denny's pants.

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

14. Who does Victor tell his mother he is at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Himself.
(b) His father.
(c) Eva's brother.
(d) Fred.

15. Why does Victor go to see Dr. Marshall in Chapter 22?
(a) To learn more about the procedure.
(b) To learn what was in his mother's diary.
(c) He can't stop thinking about her.
(d) To have sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Denny tell Victor he will find the answers he seeks?

2. What did Victor and Ida hear on the radio?

3. In Chapter 9, in which department is Dr. Ward paged to meet his wife?

4. What does the mother do when she has the boy get out of the bus?

5. Who wrote the advertisement that Denny shows Victor?

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