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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 does Beth do while they watch the news broadcast of Victor?

2. Who does Mrs. Mancini ask Victor if he loves?

3. What does Victor have on his head while he hides at the girl's house?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Victor and Denny walking around the neighborhood in Chapter 26?

2. How does Victor and Denny's first encounter go at the site where Denny is building a wall of stones?

3. What is Victor's relationship with Tanya?

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

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

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

7. What happens when Paige attempts to help save Ida?

8. What happens after Ida dies?

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

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

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

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

Victor believes he is the second coming of Jesus Christ at one point in the novel.

a. Why does Victor believe this?

b. What is Victor's initial response to this?

c. What is his response after he's had time to think about it?

d. Why does his outlook change?

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