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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. Where does Victor go at the end of the book?

2. What is the girls "safe word?"

3. What does Victor ask Paige in Chapter 36?

4. Where does Denny have rocks stored in Victor's house? Select the best answer.

5. Who does Victor have a sexual encounter with while at work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how Victor makes an ear candle, and how he says it works.

4. What is different about Victor's encounter with Leeza after he is told he has divine origins than his other encounters with her?

5. What is Victor's relationship with Tanya?

6. What did Ida Mancini do as a sex therapist?

7. What does Victor ponder about Jesus with Denny?

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

9. How does Paige respond when Victor asks her if she is believing all this stuff about him being the second coming of Christ?

10. Describe the message Victor receives from Dr. Marshall.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Victor keeps retuning to flashbacks of himself as a child with Ida. Analyze the relationship between Ida and Victor when he was a child.

a. Did they have a good relationship?

1. How does Victor know how to find his mother?

2. How does he attempt to get away from her?

b. It is revealed that Ida is not Victor's birth mother at the end of the book. Compare and contrast Ida's mother-like behaviors with her inabilities as a parent.

Essay Topic 3

People with addictions are often experts of denial. Victor is no exception.

a. Explain how Victor's explanation of step 4 of his 12 step program could be seen as denial.

b. Explain how denial consumes Victor after Paige tells him his mother thinks he is the second coming of Christ.

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