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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The End of the World As We Know It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goolrick think was the ultimate goal of Butter Day?
(a) For the children to learn.
(b) For the children to have a day off.
(c) For Mrs. Lackman to receive free butter.
(d) For the store to sell cream.

2. What happened to brother at college?
(a) He was valedictorian.
(b) He graduated.
(c) He was killed.
(d) He was kicked out.

3. What is the last contact Goolrick has with Dodo?
(a) He attends her baptism.
(b) He attends her graduation.
(c) He attends her funeral.
(d) He attends her wedding.

4. What did Goolrick find had infested his parents' home when he visited his father?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Ants.
(d) Rats.

5. What does the green and blue dress symbolize to Goolrick?
(a) Lost perfection.
(b) The end of marriage.
(c) Anger.
(d) Unhappiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?

2. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?

3. What does Goolrick do in the early morning the day following his mother's death?

4. What does brother ask about when he finally wakes from his coma?

5. What does Goolrick suddenly hear as George is threatening him?

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