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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Persistence of Song.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goolrick do to get through the day?
(a) Smokes.
(b) Takes prescription drugs.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Drinks.

2. What does Goolrick note about the young man in the glass room?
(a) He is violent.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is talkative.
(d) He is deep in despair.

3. What does Goolrick smell on the man?
(a) Urine.
(b) Cigar smoke.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Evil.

4. What was one of the rules for Goolrick's mother?
(a) She never drank water.
(b) She never ate meat.
(c) She never drank or served rum.
(d) She never served rabbit.

5. What did brother want mother to say before he ate his dinner?
(a) "God commands you to eat."
(b) "Eat your lunch cowboy."
(c) "Howdy stranger."
(d) "Chief say eat."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who molested Goolrick?

2. What hors d'oeuvres did Goolrick make the adults?

3. Where did Goolrick's brother serve when he was in the military?

4. What does Goolrick do with the girl next door?

5. What does Goolrick have of his mother's that she got from his father?

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