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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Summer of Our Suicides.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?
(a) They suffered from colitis.
(b) They were in a car accident.
(c) They drank too much.
(d) They smoked too much.

2. How many hands are in Goolrick's hallucination about suicide?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. Who saves Goolrick's life by calling him one night, unexpectedly?
(a) A psychotherapist friend.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) The police.

4. What did the eighteen year old boy who lived in the neighborhood want that had belonged to Goolrick's father?
(a) His house.
(b) His carport.
(c) His dog.
(d) His bed.

5. How old was Goolrick's brother when he had an aneurysm?
(a) Ninety.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the psychiatrist in the hospital?

2. What caused Goolrick to end his relationship with his female lover?

3. How does she suggest they win at the game against the other patients?

4. To what is Goolrick addicted?

5. What does Goolrick note about people in comas?

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