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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Teddy call to inform the family about?
(a) Sister's house burning down.
(b) Brother's death.
(c) Mother's illness.
(d) Father's illness.

3. How long did Goolrick spend high, having random anonymous sexual encounters before he was suicidal?
(a) Three years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six months.

4. What does Goolrick inadvertently put on his mother's wound?
(a) Mouthwash.
(b) Icy Hot.
(c) Neosporin.
(d) Alcohol.

5. What did the eighteen year old boy who lived in the neighborhood want that had belonged to Goolrick's father?
(a) His dog.
(b) His bed.
(c) His carport.
(d) His house.

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

7. What does Goolrick do every night when he returns to his apartment in New York?
(a) Plays spades.
(b) Plays solitaire.
(c) Plays computer games.
(d) Plays gin.

8. What medical situation is occurring with his brother's wife at the time of his illness?
(a) She has Fibromyalsia.
(b) She is dying of breast cancer.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is in labor.

9. How does the other person try suicide?
(a) He drove his car off a cliff.
(b) She tried to hang herself.
(c) He slits his wrists and his throat.
(d) She overdosed.

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

11. What does Goolrick note about people in comas?
(a) They are not attractive.
(b) They talk a lot.
(c) They look like they are sleeping.
(d) They are attractive.

12. What seems surprising to Goolrick about the differences in human beings?
(a) They can be so similar.
(b) They can be so mundane.
(c) They can be so cruel.
(d) They can be so vastly different.

13. What was mother's table always covered in?
(a) Scarves.
(b) Dust.
(c) A layer of powder.
(d) Alcohol bottles.

14. What game were the patients required to play each day?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Football.

15. What is the last contact Goolrick has with Dodo?
(a) He attends her baptism.
(b) He attends her wedding.
(c) He attends her graduation.
(d) He attends her funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?

2. What does Dodo try to get Goolrick to do to her?

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

4. What does the psychiatrist say about addicts?

5. What ruined mother's blue and green striped dress?

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