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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Goolrick admit about his childhood?
(a) He despised it.
(b) He remembers all of it.
(c) He remembers little of it.
(d) He loved it.

3. What did George accuse Goolrick of saying?
(a) Crude comments about his girlfriend.
(b) Crude comments against another boy.
(c) Crude comments about his mother.
(d) Mean comments against his sister.

4. What is the final question of the chapter?
(a) "How did I go on?"
(b) "How did they go on?"
(c) "Why did I go on?"
(d) "What did they go on?"

5. What does Mrs. Lackman do to the young man who accidentally wets himself?
(a) Forces him to strip in front of other children.
(b) Changes him.
(c) Ridicules him.
(d) Allows him to go home.

6. Whom does Goolrick meet on his way into town?
(a) Boys from school.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

7. What costume did Goolrick and his brother love as children?
(a) Angel costumes.
(b) Indian costumes.
(c) Jester costumes.
(d) Cowboy costumes.

8. For which holidays were pageants held?
(a) Easter and May Day.
(b) Easter and Christmas.
(c) Washington's Birthday and May Day.
(d) New Years and Valentine's Day.

9. What did the family do with letters to Santa?
(a) Took them to school.
(b) Shredded them.
(c) Burned them.
(d) Mailed them.

10. Who woke to see the molestation?
(a) Goolrick's father.
(b) Goolrick's mother.
(c) Goolrick's grandmother.
(d) Goolrick's brother.

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

12. What does Goolrick think was the ultimate goal of Butter Day?
(a) For the children to have a day off.
(b) For Mrs. Lackman to receive free butter.
(c) For the store to sell cream.
(d) For the children to learn.

13. Why is George Hazelwood the leader of the gang?
(a) He is fat.
(b) He is intelligent.
(c) He is powerful.
(d) He is rich.

14. What did the young man eventually become in life?
(a) A felon.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A judge.
(d) A lawyer.

15. What does Roy practice on Goolrick?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Sex.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed the family to begin going to the beach for three weeks a year?

2. What can Goolrick smell in George's shirt?

3. Why was town an exciting place?

4. What does Goolrick do with the girl next door?

5. What did Goolrick's parents never buy for him?

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