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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does brother ask about when he finally wakes from his coma?
(a) His wife.
(b) His parents.
(c) His daughter.
(d) The Women's Wimbledon.

2. What did the eighteen year old boy who lived in the neighborhood want that had belonged to Goolrick's father?
(a) His house.
(b) His dog.
(c) His carport.
(d) His bed.

3. What did mother once pull from her ribcage?
(a) A rusted carpet tack.
(b) Scissors.
(c) A pine needle.
(d) A nail.

4. What second operation did brother have that could have rendered him "a zombie" according to mother?
(a) A removal of the left brain.
(b) A heart transplant.
(c) A severing of the right and left brain.
(d) A frontal lobotomy.

5. What did grandfather do in response to Dodo's problem?
(a) He started drinking.
(b) He started smoking.
(c) He stopped drinking.
(d) He stopped smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Goolrick's peaceful relationship with his sister-in-law last?

2. What was mother known for?

3. What could brother not figure out what to do with?

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

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

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