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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. How old was Goolrick's brother when he had an aneurysm?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ninety.

2. How many hands are in Goolrick's hallucination about suicide?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

3. Why did Goolrick like to go to the homes of other people?
(a) They had alcohol.
(b) They had electricity.
(c) They had televisions.
(d) They had fancy cars.

4. To what does Goolrick compare his time at the hospital?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The first weeks of grade school.
(c) Hell.
(d) The first few weeks of college.

5. What did this person say was the basis for the suicide attempt?
(a) The pain of divorce.
(b) The suffering on the human spirit.
(c) The mediocrity of life.
(d) The death of his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened often to the boys when they played a game down by the river with rocks?

2. What is wrong with Aunt Dodo?

3. How long does Goolrick spend in the hospital?

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

5. What second operation did brother have that could have rendered him "a zombie" according to mother?

(see the answer key)

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