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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the final question of the chapter?
(a) "How did I go on?"
(b) "What did they go on?"
(c) "How did they go on?"
(d) "Why did I go on?"

3. What hors d'oeuvres did Goolrick make the adults?
(a) Salads.
(b) Cream cheese dip.
(c) Shrimp balls.
(d) Popcorn.

4. When Goolrick was hospitalized, what did his aunt think caused his breakdown?
(a) His car accident.
(b) His addiction.
(c) His mother's breast cancer.
(d) His breakup with his lover.

5. What killed Sally Page?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Strep throat.
(c) Polio.
(d) Measels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Lackman bring for the young man the following day?

2. What did the students have to bring on Butter Day?

3. What costume did Goolrick and his brother love as children?

4. Who molested Goolrick?

5. What can Goolrick smell in George's shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Goolrick runs into the boys from school.

2. Describe Goolrick's reply to George's threat.

3. Explain what happened when Goolrick was a boy, when he was invited to a sleep over at the McClouds.

4. What does Goolrick mean when he says he has spent his life looking for the thing that will make him into whom he wants to be?

5. Explain Mrs. Lackman's process for bathroom breaks, and why it doesn't work with the children.

6. Describe the creek and explain why it is "violently sexy".

7. What seems to be Goolrick's primary premise in "How I Went On"?

8. Summarize Goolrick's experiences during kindergarten and first grade.

9. Describe why Goolrick was compelled to masturbate, in terms of how it made him feel and how it allowed him to escape.

10. Explain Goolrick's graduation speech.

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