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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 Ida say to Victor when he makes his revelation of what he "knows" in Chapter 43?

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

3. Why is Victor on T.V.?

4. What do the police do when Victor empties his bowels?

5. When Victor visits his mother in Chapter 36, who does she think he is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Victor on television?

3. What happens after Ida dies?

4. What does Ida say about Victor's love life?

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

6. How does Ida Mancini die?

7. How does Victor's rape of Gwen end?

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

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

10. Who does Paige Marshall claim to be after Victor sees her patient bracelet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Irony surrounds Ida Mancini's character. Describe the irony in the following situations:

a. Ida's death.

b. Victor's inability to have sex with Paige Marshall when she says it will help save Ida's life.

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