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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 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) He hopes his mother will die soon.
(d) She looks like she needs some coffee.

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

3. When does Dr. Marshall say Victor's mother went delusional?
(a) Before Victor was born.
(b) She was born that way.
(c) She's not; she's faking it.
(d) More recently than she thought.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator say he goes to the meetings at the church?

3. What does Victor tell Dr. Marshall he really wants?

4. Why does Dr. Marshall assert that Victor does not want his "old" mother back?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Victor's "Hero Book."

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

4. Why does Victor force himself to choke on his dinner?

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

6. 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.

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

8. What did Victor like so well about the pornography he found as a boy of the man with the monkey?

9. Describe Victor's relationship with his mother.

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

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