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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. What does the doctor tell the Victor that his mother needs if she is going to live?
(a) Love.
(b) A liver replacement.
(c) A feeding tube.
(d) Brain surgery.

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

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

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

5. Who does Paige Marshall say has told her about Victor's sexual encounters?
(a) His mother.
(b) The nurses.
(c) The women from his support groups.
(d) Denny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor tell Denny is the reason Dr. Marshall wants to have sex with him?

2. What does the patient wear at the end of the chapter where Denny and Victor go to St. Anthony's?

3. What does Victor tell his mother when she asks how he is doing?

4. Who is Victor's mother with when Victor finds her on the camera?

5. Which number best represents the number of names in Victor's "Hero Book?"

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Ida do while walking around neighborhoods to get high for free?

4. Explain Victor's "Hero Book."

5. What happens when Mrs. Tsunimitsu recognizes Victor as someone her son saved from choking?

6. What happens when Victor is questioned at the police station as a boy?

7. What does the narrator mean when he says everyone at Colonial Dunsboro is addicted to something?

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

9. Why would the narrator of the book start by saying not to read the book? What does this suggest about the narrator?

10. What does Victor know about Paige Marshall in the first part of this book?

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