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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cowboy Sandwich and Such Charming Hands.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What caused Goolrick to end his relationship with his female lover?
(a) She was violent.
(b) She wanted to marry.
(c) She was an addict.
(d) She became obsessive.

4. What did Goolrick's father do in one of the pageants?
(a) He was Martha Washington.
(b) He was the flag.
(c) He was a soldier.
(d) He was a president.

5. What does Goolrick do that he can never forgive himself for when his mother dies?
(a) He is drunk when she dies.
(b) He condemns her.
(c) He leaves her alone to die.
(d) He has a fight with her as she is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children eat with the newly made butter?

2. What does Goolrick admit his mother never showed him?

3. When Goolrick was hospitalized, what did his aunt think caused his breakdown?

4. What happened to brother at college?

5. What allowed the family to begin going to the beach for three weeks a year?

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