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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 did Goolrick and his brother and sister know about the cocktail parties?
(a) They were told by their parents.
(b) They were often spying.
(c) They were told by their friends.
(d) They were usually working the party.

2. To what is Goolrick addicted?
(a) Cough syrup.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Saline solution.
(d) Nasal spray.

3. Why is Goolrick a star in the hospital?
(a) His cuts are very deep.
(b) He is a writer.
(c) He is a movie star.
(d) He is handsome.

4. What are the two wings in the insane asylum?
(a) The drunks and the drug addicts.
(b) The medical staff and the insane.
(c) The depressed and the hyper.
(d) The addicts and the insane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Goolrick read to his brother's wife in the church?

2. Why did brother's wife hate Goolrick?

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

4. Who saves Goolrick's life by calling him one night, unexpectedly?

5. What does Goolrick do in the early morning the day following his mother's death?

(see the answer key)

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