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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teddy call to inform the family about?
(a) Sister's house burning down.
(b) Mother's illness.
(c) Father's illness.
(d) Brother's death.

2. What does the family pretend Mother is dying from, to avoid reality?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Stomach ulcers.

3. Why did Goolrick's parents summon him home one Christmas to scream at him?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He wrote a book about the family.
(c) He flunked out of college.
(d) He went insane.

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

5. What does Dodo try to get Goolrick to do to her?
(a) Make love to her.
(b) Tie her up.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Kiss her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Goolrick purchase for his parents for which they never thanked him?

3. What disease does Goolrick's mother have?

4. What did the eighteen year old boy who lived in the neighborhood want that had belonged to Goolrick's father?

5. What ruined mother's blue and green striped dress?

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