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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did this person survive?
(a) The car died before it reached the cliff.
(b) The air conditioning in the room was high enough to congeal the blood.
(c) The air conditioning in the room was high enough to slow heartbeat.
(d) The air conditioning in the room was high enough to slow breathing.

2. What does Judy collect?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Horses.
(c) Penguins.
(d) Dogs.

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

4. What did grandfather do in response to Dodo's problem?
(a) He started smoking.
(b) He started drinking.
(c) He stopped smoking.
(d) He stopped drinking.

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

6. At what age did Goolrick begin having suicidal thoughts?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirty.

7. What did mother often eat for breakfast?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Cottage cheese.
(c) Pie.
(d) Nothing.

8. What does the family pretend Mother is dying from, to avoid reality?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Stomach ulcers.
(c) Colon cancer.
(d) Breast cancer.

9. What did Goolrick's parents bring with them when they came down for brother's surgery?
(a) Beer.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Vodka.

10. What does Dodo try to get Goolrick to do to her?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Tie her up.
(d) Make love to her.

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

12. At what age did most people start smoking in Virginia, according to Goolrick?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

13. Who else tried to commit suicide that Goolrick knew?
(a) His brother.
(b) A bookie friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

14. What does Goolrick begin to carry with him?
(a) His medical card.
(b) A razor blade.
(c) A comb.
(d) A picture of his daughter.

15. Where did Goolrick meet the male lover he discusses in "Summer of our Suicides"?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Paris.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Goolrick purchase for his parents for which they never thanked him?

3. What does Goolrick believe decides human emotion?

4. What caused Goolrick to end his relationship with his female lover?

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

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