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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 is the name of the patient that accuses Victor of being her older brother who raped her?

2. Where does the narrator go with the woman he meets at the church instead of the meeting room?

3. What is Denny actually carrying when he comes to Victor's house?

4. What does Victor say to the patient that accuses him of being her older brother who raped her?

5. What connection does Victor make about Colonial Dunsboro and St. Anthony's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Victor's relationship with his mother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

Dependence is a common theme of Choke as well as addictions. How are each of the following dependent on one another?

a. Young Victor and his mother.

b. Adult Victor and Ida Mancini.

c. Denny and Victor.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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