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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Playing the Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goolrick do every night when he returns to his apartment in New York?
(a) Plays gin.
(b) Plays solitaire.
(c) Plays computer games.
(d) Plays spades.

2. What does Goolrick do to steady his nerves that evening?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Does drugs.
(d) Drives.

3. At what age did most people start smoking in Virginia, according to Goolrick?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

4. Where did Goolrick's brother serve when he was in the military?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

5. What was mother's table always covered in?
(a) Dust.
(b) A layer of powder.
(c) Scarves.
(d) Alcohol bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Goolrick and his brother and sister know about the cocktail parties?

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

3. What does brother ask about when he finally wakes from his coma?

4. What is wrong with Aunt Dodo?

5. What does the family pretend Mother is dying from, to avoid reality?

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