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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Playing the Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Miss Nell do for herself each morning when she woke?
(a) Made herself a strong martini.
(b) Made herself breakfast in bed.
(c) She had her hair done.
(d) She did her nails.

2. What did mother make at the end of month when they were short on money?
(a) Cabbage soup.
(b) Grilled cheese.
(c) Welsh rarebit.
(d) Poached salmon.

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

4. What does Goolrick do in the early morning the day following his mother's death?
(a) Leaves town.
(b) Robs a bank.
(c) Cries.
(d) Builds a cabinet.

5. What did Goolrick read to his brother's wife in the church?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Obituaries.
(c) Poems.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did brother's wife hate Goolrick?

2. To what is Goolrick addicted?

3. What does Goolrick admit those in the hospital still feel?

4. What does Goolrick note men and women had in his childhood?

5. What was mother's table always covered in?

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