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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. What happened often to the boys when they played a game down by the river with rocks?
(a) They would be tattled on by the girls.
(b) They would die.
(c) They would accidentally drop rocks on their heads.
(d) They would be arrested.

2. What second operation did brother have that could have rendered him "a zombie" according to mother?
(a) A severing of the right and left brain.
(b) A heart transplant.
(c) A frontal lobotomy.
(d) A removal of the left brain.

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

4. How did Goolrick and his brother and sister know about the cocktail parties?
(a) They were usually working the party.
(b) They were told by their friends.
(c) They were often spying.
(d) They were told by their parents.

5. What does Goolrick do on his thirty-fifth birthday?
(a) He drives his car off a cliff.
(b) He overdoses.
(c) He hangs himself.
(d) He slits his wrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Goolrick's mother have?

2. What singer did brother sing to Goolrick when he claimed he had broken his new stereo?

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

4. What did this person say was the basis for the suicide attempt?

5. What did mother often eat for breakfast?

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