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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The End of the World As We Know It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened often to the boys when they played a game down by the river with rocks?
(a) They would be arrested.
(b) They would accidentally drop rocks on their heads.
(c) They would be tattled on by the girls.
(d) They would die.

2. What did Goolrick's parents bring with them when they came down for brother's surgery?
(a) Beer.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

3. What did the family do with letters to Santa?
(a) Burned them.
(b) Took them to school.
(c) Mailed them.
(d) Shredded them.

4. To what is Goolrick addicted?
(a) Saline solution.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Nasal spray.
(d) Cough syrup.

5. What does Goolrick note about people in comas?
(a) They look like they are sleeping.
(b) They are not attractive.
(c) They are attractive.
(d) They talk a lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Goolrick tell the following morning?

2. How does Goolrick get home that day?

3. How old was Goolrick's brother when he had an aneurysm?

4. What drug is Goolrick taking?

5. What allowed the family to begin going to the beach for three weeks a year?

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