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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 are people looking for Victor at the end of the book?

2. What does Paige say when she's asked about love?

3. What does Ida reveal to Victor when she finally talks about his past?

4. What does Dr. Marshall try to do to Ida when she's in distress after telling Victor about his past?

5. What does Victor say when he's asked about love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the police officer pounds Victor on the back?

2. How is Denny's rock collecting going by the middle of the book?

3. What does Victor do when Nico hands him her bra the second time he is shown with her?

4. What happens when Victor tells Ida he knows about being Jesus?

5. What does Victor do to Paige before leaving the hospital?

6. What does Victor do to make himself choke at the police station?

7. What happens after Ida dies?

8. What do we learn about Victor's relationship with his mother during the final flashback chapter?

9. How does Ida Mancini die?

10. What does Victor say when Denny asks him if he had sex on the alter with Dr. Marshall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ida teaches Victor the important lessons he won't learn in any school. Analyze the lessons Ida teaches Victor.

a. What are the lessons Ida teaches Victor?

b. Why does she say her lessons are important?

c. How have these lessons helped Victor?

d. How have the lessons hurt Victor?

Essay Topic 2

Chuck Palahniuk is known for his minimalist writing. Discuss each of the following devises in the context of how it contributed to literary minimalism.

a. Palahniuk's use of "See also: . . . " For example, "See also: Hypothermia. See also: Typhoid Fever."

b. Palahniuk also uses the phrase " . . . is not the right word, but it's the first word to come to mind" frequently in Choke.

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is an important part of Choke.

a. What is Victor's choking symbolic of? How has it brought Victor and Ida closer together both when victor was young and as an adult?

b. What is Victor having anal beads stuck in his rectum symbolic of? What is symbolized when they come out?

c. What is the dental floss Paige uses on Victor symbolic of?

d. How is Victor's life at work symbolic of his real life?

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