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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Summer of Our Suicides.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did each person have to do each morning in the hospital?
(a) Take a shower.
(b) Feed the birds.
(c) Run a mile.
(d) Get dressed.

2. Who else tried to commit suicide that Goolrick knew?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) A bookie friend.
(d) His wife.

3. What primary emotion does Goolrick find himself feeling following his father's death?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Grief.
(c) Anger.
(d) Relief.

4. What caused Goolrick to end his relationship with his male lover?
(a) He was not gay.
(b) He was violent.
(c) He was an alcoholic.
(d) He was dragged into his lover's divorce.

5. What did Goolrick's parents bring with them when they came down for brother's surgery?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Goolrick's mother have?

2. How old was Goolrick's brother when he had an aneurysm?

3. What does Goolrick do instead of suicide?

4. What did mother make at the end of month when they were short on money?

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

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