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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened often to the boys when they played a game down by the river with rocks?
(a) They would accidentally drop rocks on their heads.
(b) They would be tattled on by the girls.
(c) They would die.
(d) They would be arrested.

2. Why is Goolrick happy the door is always locked?
(a) It keeps people out.
(b) It feels like a prison.
(c) It keeps his family from bothering him.
(d) It keeps him in.

3. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?
(a) Drives.
(b) Reads.
(c) Draws.
(d) Smokes and drinks.

4. What does Goolrick do instead of suicide?
(a) He enters a mental institution.
(b) He begins to knit.
(c) He begins to cut himself.
(d) He begins to weep.

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

6. What kind of coat did mother have that she was proud of?
(a) A mink coat.
(b) A bear coat.
(c) A sable coat.
(d) A leather coat.

7. What did Miss Nell do for herself each morning when she woke?
(a) She did her nails.
(b) She had her hair done.
(c) Made herself breakfast in bed.
(d) Made herself a strong martini.

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

9. How does she suggest they win at the game against the other patients?
(a) They should hit the same side to confuse them.
(b) They should tackle the smallest.
(c) They should hit from side to side to tire them.
(d) They should simply to to hit as far as possible.

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

11. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?
(a) They were in a car accident.
(b) They suffered from colitis.
(c) They smoked too much.
(d) They drank too much.

12. What does brother ask about when he finally wakes from his coma?
(a) His daughter.
(b) The Women's Wimbledon.
(c) His wife.
(d) His parents.

13. How long does Goolrick spend in the hospital?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Twelve weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight weeks.

14. What singer did brother sing to Goolrick when he claimed he had broken his new stereo?
(a) Rick Springfield.
(b) Phil Collins.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Bruce Springsteen.

15. What ruined mother's blue and green striped dress?
(a) Age.
(b) A cigarette burn.
(c) A tear.
(d) A stain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goolrick do the morning of the funeral?

2. Why did Goolrick's parents summon him home one Christmas to scream at him?

3. What does Goolrick note about people in comas?

4. At what age did most people start smoking in Virginia, according to Goolrick?

5. What does Goolrick note about the young man in the glass room?

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