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

2. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?
(a) They suffered from colitis.
(b) They smoked too much.
(c) They drank too much.
(d) They were in a car accident.

3. What does Goolrick do the morning of the funeral?
(a) Calls a prostitute.
(b) Drives to a bar.
(c) Digs his father's grave.
(d) Has a nervous breakdown.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical situation is occurring with his brother's wife at the time of his illness?

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

3. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?

4. Why does Goolrick fly first class to see his brother?

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

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