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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What therapy does the other person endure in the hospital?
(a) Shock therapy.
(b) Social therapy.
(c) Medicational therapy.
(d) Water therapy.

2. What did Goolrick purchase for his parents for which they never thanked him?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Stocks.
(c) Cars.
(d) A house.

3. What does Goolrick note about the young man in the glass room?
(a) He is deep in despair.
(b) He is talkative.
(c) He is violent.
(d) He is angry.

4. What does Goolrick note men and women had in his childhood?
(a) Cocktails and music.
(b) Cocktails and hairdos.
(c) Hairdos and nice clothing.
(d) Drugs and rock and roll.

5. What game were the patients required to play each day?
(a) Football.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

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

7. What does Goolrick admit those in the hospital still feel?
(a) A sense of competitiveness.
(b) A sense of anger.
(c) A sense of dignity.
(d) A sense of righteousness.

8. What does Goolrick begin to carry with him?
(a) A picture of his daughter.
(b) A razor blade.
(c) A comb.
(d) His medical card.

9. What did Miss Nell do for herself each morning when she woke?
(a) Made herself a strong martini.
(b) She did her nails.
(c) Made herself breakfast in bed.
(d) She had her hair done.

10. What didn't anyone during Goolrick's childhood drink?
(a) Beer.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Scotch.

11. What does Dodo try to get Goolrick to do to her?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Tie her up.
(d) Make love to her.

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

13. What does the other person's suicide attempt do for Goolrick?
(a) Makes him jealous.
(b) Makes him frightened of death.
(c) Makes him feel guilty for his desires.
(d) Opens the door for his own.

14. What does Goolrick do that he can never forgive himself for when his mother dies?
(a) He is drunk when she dies.
(b) He condemns her.
(c) He leaves her alone to die.
(d) He has a fight with her as she is dying.

15. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?
(a) Drives.
(b) Smokes and drinks.
(c) Reads.
(d) Draws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug is Goolrick taking?

2. What caused Goolrick to cry at the hospital?

3. What did Goolrick read to his brother's wife in the church?

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

5. What are the two wings in the insane asylum?

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