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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through He Was So Fat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the rules for Goolrick's mother?
(a) She never drank or served rum.
(b) She never served rabbit.
(c) She never drank water.
(d) She never ate meat.

2. How does Goolrick get home that day?
(a) He walks.
(b) He calls his mother.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He rides his bike.

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

4. 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 frontal lobotomy.
(d) A severing of the right and left brain.

5. What excuse did the Goolrick children use to convince their parents to buy them things?
(a) They said they needed it for school.
(b) They said they wanted it.
(c) They threatened to run away.
(d) They said their friends had it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was mother's table always covered in?

2. What was mother known for?

3. Who else tried to commit suicide that Goolrick knew?

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

5. Where did Goolrick meet the male lover he discusses in "Summer of our Suicides"?

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