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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How I Went On.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Goolrick the first May Day play?
(a) An oriole.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A robin.
(d) A bluebird.

2. What allowed the family to begin going to the beach for three weeks a year?
(a) Father's retirement.
(b) Mother's new job.
(c) Father's new job.
(d) A family inheritance.

3. What did Goolrick's godfather's wife bring to the family following Father's death?
(a) A ham.
(b) A new car.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothing.

4. What medical situation is occurring with his brother's wife at the time of his illness?
(a) She has Fibromyalsia.
(b) She is in labor.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is dying of breast cancer.

5. Why was town an exciting place?
(a) There were other people.
(b) There were often fights.
(c) It was a big city.
(d) There were lots of drug addicts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the eighteen year old boy who lived in the neighborhood want that had belonged to Goolrick's father?

2. What was the result of their game?

3. What does Dodo try to get Goolrick to do to her?

4. What didn't anyone during Goolrick's childhood drink?

5. What happened often to the boys when they played a game down by the river with rocks?

(see the answer key)

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