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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Goolrick believe decides human emotion?
(a) Society.
(b) Human reactions to pain.
(c) God.
(d) Personal choice.

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

6. Why did Goolrick like to go to the homes of other people?
(a) They had televisions.
(b) They had fancy cars.
(c) They had alcohol.
(d) They had electricity.

7. 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 slow breathing.
(c) The air conditioning in the room was high enough to slow heartbeat.
(d) The air conditioning in the room was high enough to congeal the blood.

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

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

10. What does Goolrick do that he can never forgive himself for when his mother dies?
(a) He has a fight with her as she is dying.
(b) He leaves her alone to die.
(c) He is drunk when she dies.
(d) He condemns her.

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

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

13. What did Goolrick's godfather's wife bring to the family following Father's death?
(a) A new car.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Money.
(d) A ham.

14. What didn't anyone during Goolrick's childhood drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Beer.
(d) Whiskey.

15. What does the psychiatrist say about addicts?
(a) They are in misery.
(b) They have no sense of limits.
(c) They are lonely.
(d) They are not intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother need to stop doing in order to get well?

2. What was one of the rules for Goolrick's mother?

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

4. What did Goolrick's parents bring with them when they came down for brother's surgery?

5. Who else tried to commit suicide that Goolrick knew?

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