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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor tell his mother he's doing to keep her in the hospital?

2. What does Dr. Marshal want to do with Victor?

3. What does Ida Mancini say her goal in life is while walking through neighborhoods with Victor?

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

5. What does Mrs. Tsunimitsu claim?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Explain Victor's "Hero Book."

3. 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.

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

5. Describe Victor's relationship with Nico.

6. Why does Victor admit to raping Eva?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Victor is denying to himself the possibility of being the second coming of Christ, he set out to do things Jesus would not do.

a. What activities does Victor engage in that he thinks Jesus would not?

b. Why does Victor likely pick these activities specifically?

Essay Topic 2

Irony surrounds Ida Mancini's character. Describe the irony in the following situations:

a. Ida's death.

b. Victor's inability to have sex with Paige Marshall when she says it will help save Ida's life.

Essay Topic 3

Victor believes he is the second coming of Jesus Christ at one point in the novel.

a. Why does Victor believe this?

b. What is Victor's initial response to this?

c. What is his response after he's had time to think about it?

d. Why does his outlook change?

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