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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the other person's suicide attempt do for Goolrick?
(a) Makes him feel guilty for his desires.
(b) Makes him jealous.
(c) Makes him frightened of death.
(d) Opens the door for his own.

2. What drug is Goolrick taking?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Elavil.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Lithium.

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

4. What is wrong with Aunt Dodo?
(a) She is mentally handicapped.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She is paralyzed.
(d) She is blind.

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

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

7. How many hands are in Goolrick's hallucination about suicide?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

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

9. What did Goolrick find had infested his parents' home when he visited his father?
(a) Rats.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Ants.

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

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

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

13. How did Goolrick and his brother and sister know about the cocktail parties?
(a) They were told by their parents.
(b) They were often spying.
(c) They were told by their friends.
(d) They were usually working the party.

14. Who saves Goolrick's life by calling him one night, unexpectedly?
(a) His brother.
(b) A psychotherapist friend.
(c) The police.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?

3. What does Goolrick inadvertently put on his mother's wound?

4. What could brother not figure out what to do with?

5. How does she suggest they win at the game against the other patients?

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