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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what is Victor trying to decide?
(a) What restaurant he wants to go to.
(b) When to quit his job.
(c) When to visit his mother.
(d) How to see Paige Marshall outside of St. Anthony's.

2. What do the letters that Ida Mancini got arrested for mailing relate to?
(a) Sexually transmitted diseases.
(b) Car insurance.
(c) Foreclosure.
(d) A death in the family.

3. What does Victor mess with at the front desk?
(a) The security doors.
(b) The receptionist's purse.
(c) The security cameras.
(d) Patient records.

4. Why does Denny say he is collecting the objects he collects?
(a) He needs something to do.
(b) He wants to build a church.
(c) He loves rocks.
(d) For each day he is "sober."

5. According to Paige Marshall, what was stolen from under the priest's bed?
(a) A stash of wine.
(b) An ancint foreskin.
(c) Holy water.
(d) A nude magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor say about himself in Chapter 24?

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

3. What does Victor initially think Denny is holding when he arrives at Victor's house the first time?

4. Why does the narrator say this book was written?

5. Where is the narrator's friend when he is first introduced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Victor's opinion of his mother's well-being?

2. Explain the connection Victor makes in Chapter 15 when he and his mother are in the stalled car and the pornography he saw as a child.

3. Why does Victor say that Colonial Dunsboro and St. Anthony's are both trapped in the past?

4. What does Victor do to try and learn his mother's secret?

5. What causes Victors mother to say to Victor, "Oh, blessed Father. Holy Father. Oh, please forgive me?"

6. Describe the conversation Victor and Paige have the first time they see each other after Victor runs out on Paige at the chapel.

7. What does Victor do when the girl leaves the front desk at St. Anthony's?

8. What does the newspaper advertisement say that Denny shows Victor?

9. When Paige Marshall tells Victor she can restore his mother to the way she used to be, he says, "God forbid." Why would he say that?

10. What aspects does Victor take into consideration when selecting a restaurant?

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