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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. Why does Denny say he's carrying the object he brings to Victor's house?

2. What does Victor mess with at the front desk?

3. In what state did Ida Mancini go to medical school?

4. What is the narrator's name?

5. What does Dr. Marshall tell Victor she can do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss Victor's Mother's insecurities when she picked him up from the mall.

3. Explain some of the codes that Ida tells Victor are the important lessons in life.

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

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

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

7. Why does Paige Marshall assume Victor is not attracted to her?

8. In what case does Dr. Marshall tell Victor that he may be his own father?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Traditionally in literature a wall symbolizes captivity. Denny's wall can be said to symbolize both freedom and captivity.

a. How does Denny's wall symbolize freedom?

b. How does the wall symbolize bondage?

Essay Topic 2

Palahniuk's books are known for his plot twists.

a. What does Victor learn about Paige Marshall? What does this revelation do to the plot of Choke?

b. What does he learn about his true origins? How does this information move the plot of Choke?

Essay Topic 3

Victor and Denny get into an argument about what Denny is building.

a. What is Victor's side of the argument?

b. What is Denny's side of the argument?

c. How does each character's side of the argument relate to the theme of freedom?

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