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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 did Victor ask when he was taken to the police station as a boy and was questioned about the location of his mother?

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

3. What does Victor say to Mrs. Tsunimitsu?

4. What did Ida Mancini tell Victor when he asked about his grandparents?

5. According to Paige Marshall, where did Ida Mancini get pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Victor's relationship with his mother.

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

3. 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?

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

5. Explain Victor's "Hero Book."

6. What does the newspaper advertisement say that Denny shows Victor?

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

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

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

10. Why does Victor admit to raping Eva?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the irony of why Victor and Denny went to the strip club.

Essay Topic 3

Ida and Paige are often seen together, and Paige is the only character other than Victor to have a relationship with Ida.

a. How does Ida see their relationship?

b. How does Paige see their relationship?

c. How does Victor see their relationship?

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