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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 to Grandmother's Canton plates?
(a) Mother broke them as a child.
(b) Brother broke them as a child.
(c) Father broke them as a child.
(d) Sister broke them as a child.

2. What does Goolrick suffer from?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Bulimia.
(d) Anhedonia.

3. What does George threaten to do?
(a) Rape Goolrick's mother.
(b) Shoot Goolrick.
(c) Cut off Goolrick's ear.
(d) Kill Goolrick's sister.

4. What did Goolrick's grandfather do to earn a medal?
(a) Died in the war.
(b) Helped cure yellow fever.
(c) Fought in the war.
(d) Saved a family from a burning building.

5. What seems surprising to Goolrick about the differences in human beings?
(a) They can be so cruel.
(b) They can be so vastly different.
(c) They can be so similar.
(d) They can be so mundane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was town an exciting place?

2. What did Elizabeth Taylor say about her eyes?

3. What does Roy practice on Goolrick?

4. What day was bridge day?

5. What did Goolrick do in both his grandmother's houses?

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