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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did brother want mother to say before he ate his dinner?
(a) "Eat your lunch cowboy."
(b) "Howdy stranger."
(c) "Chief say eat."
(d) "God commands you to eat."

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

3. What can Goolrick smell in George's shirt?
(a) Wood smoke.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Beer.

4. Who saved George's life that day?
(a) Judy Garland.
(b) Kathleen McKenna.
(c) Iona Freeland.
(d) Jennifer Dench.

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

6. How long has Goolrick lived alone?
(a) Sixty years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Twenty five years.
(d) Never.

7. What did the children do with the jars of cream?
(a) Open them.
(b) Shake them.
(c) Freeze them.
(d) Seal them.

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

9. What does George pull out from his pocket?
(a) Gum.
(b) A gun.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) A switchblade.

10. What does Goolrick suddenly hear as George is threatening him?
(a) Girl scouts.
(b) His brother.
(c) The church bells.
(d) His mother.

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

12. What did brother once stick in Goolrick's forehead?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A nail.
(c) A tack.
(d) A knife.

13. What does George threaten to do?
(a) Kill Goolrick's sister.
(b) Shoot Goolrick.
(c) Rape Goolrick's mother.
(d) Cut off Goolrick's ear.

14. What was Goolrick the first May Day play?
(a) A robin.
(b) An oriole.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A bluebird.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Mrs. Lackman's son?

2. How old was Goolrick when he was molested?

3. Why goes Goolrick call walking by the river "violently sexy" (pg. 135)?

4. How did Goolrick's mother use to pay for movies?

5. What word do the Goolrick's use instead of fabrics?

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