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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Goolrick wonder about, in terms of how she went on making herself breakfast, even after she knew what happened?
(a) His sister.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

2. When does Goolrick first fall in love?
(a) He is in college.
(b) He is an adult.
(c) He is thirteen.
(d) He is a senior in high school.

3. What does Mother do after Goolrick goes to college?
(a) Befriends his lover.
(b) Kills his lover.
(c) Betrays his lover.
(d) Tells his father he is gay.

4. What word do the Goolrick's use instead of fabrics?
(a) Materials.
(b) Mediums.
(c) Cloths.
(d) Patterns.

5. What did the children eat with the newly made butter?
(a) Toast.
(b) Fresh bread.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Crackers.

6. What does Goolrick grow to despise?
(a) The smell of burning hair.
(b) The taste of bourbon.
(c) The touch of loved ones.
(d) The casual touch of strangers.

7. What excuse did the Goolrick children use to convince their parents to buy them things?
(a) They threatened to run away.
(b) They said their friends had it.
(c) They said they needed it for school.
(d) They said they wanted it.

8. What did Goolrick hope his new object would provide for him?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) Relief.
(d) Opportunity.

9. What did Goolrick's father stop doing nearly entirely?
(a) Touching him.
(b) Telling him he loved him.
(c) Speaking to him.
(d) Having sex with his wife.

10. What did Goolrick's brother claim to do in one day?
(a) Learn to read.
(b) Learn to subtract.
(c) Learn all the state capitals.
(d) Learn to add.

11. What happened to the cream?
(a) It would coagulate.
(b) It would melt.
(c) It would spoil.
(d) It would separate.

12. What did Goolrick fantasize about his parents?
(a) They were aliens.
(b) They kidnapped him as a child.
(c) They were not his real parents.
(d) They would die.

13. What does mother threaten to do?
(a) Kill his lover.
(b) Tell his father.
(c) Call the police and institutionalize Goolrick.
(d) Throw him out.

14. What did Goolrick's father do in one of the pageants?
(a) He was the flag.
(b) He was a soldier.
(c) He was a president.
(d) He was Martha Washington.

15. How does Goolrick get home that day?
(a) He calls his mother.
(b) He walks.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He rides his bike.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Goolrick was hospitalized, what did his aunt think caused his breakdown?

2. Who saved George's life that day?

3. What did George accuse Goolrick of saying?

4. What does Mother say is wrong with Goolrick when he complains of blood in his stools?

5. What does Goolrick do to his sister's friend that causes him to orgasm?

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