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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Burn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goolrick admit his mother never showed him?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Patience.
(c) Gentleness.
(d) Love.

2. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?
(a) Smokes and drinks.
(b) Reads.
(c) Drives.
(d) Draws.

3. What did mother often eat for breakfast?
(a) Cottage cheese.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Pie.

4. What does the green and blue dress symbolize to Goolrick?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) The end of marriage.
(d) Lost perfection.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goolrick do that he can never forgive himself for when his mother dies?

2. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?

3. What did grandfather do in response to Dodo's problem?

4. What does Goolrick do in the early morning the day following his mother's death?

5. Why did Goolrick like to go to the homes of other people?

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