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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 connection does Victor make about Colonial Dunsboro and St. Anthony's?
(a) They're both waiting to die.
(b) They're both full of junkies.
(c) They're both trapped in the past.
(d) They're both full of crazy people.

2. Where does Denny tell Victor he will find the answers he seeks?
(a) His mother's diary.
(b) He won't find them. His mother has forgotten everything.
(c) In the immigration records at the library.
(d) That Paige Marshall knows.

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Tsunimitsu claim?
(a) That Victor killed her cat.
(b) That Victor raped her.
(c) That her son is Jesus.
(d) That her son saved Victor's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the advertisement that Denny shows Victor?

2. When Victor and Denny visit the strip club, what is Denny doing?

3. What does the narrator say is the only thing to remain constant in his life as he moved from foster home to foster home?

4. What is the name of the doctor the narrator meets in the hall?

5. What does Victor say to Mrs. Tsunimitsu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Victor and Denny each doing at the strip club?

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

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

4. Describe Victor's relationship with his mother.

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

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

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

8. What happens when Victor meets Paige Marshal in the chapel?

9. Why does Denny have a rock when he arrives at Victor's house?

10. What is Victor's opinion of his divine origins at first?

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