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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why goes Goolrick call walking by the river "violently sexy" (pg. 135)?
(a) The river was a flood zone.
(b) The river was wavy.
(c) The river was dirty.
(d) Everything by the river was erotic.

2. What did Goolrick's parents never buy for him?
(a) A car.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A new suit.

3. How many classes were taught at the school where Goolrick went to kindergarten?
(a) Nine.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

4. Who molested Goolrick?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His father.

5. What hors d'oeuvres did Goolrick make the adults?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Cream cheese dip.
(c) Shrimp balls.
(d) Salads.

6. Whom does Goolrick tell the following morning?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

7. What does Mother say is wrong with Goolrick when he complains of blood in his stools?
(a) It was something he drank.
(b) It was something he ate.
(c) It was his fault for letting father molest him.
(d) It is the flu.

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

9. What did Lackman bake for Butter Day?
(a) Brownies.
(b) Cake.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Pies.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What happened to Grandmother's Canton plates?
(a) Mother broke them as a child.
(b) Father broke them as a child.
(c) Brother broke them as a child.
(d) Sister broke them as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Goolrick first fall in love?

2. What did the children do with the jars of cream?

3. How did the family give others Christmas presents?

4. Why is George Hazelwood the leader of the gang?

5. What does Goolrick note about celebrities?

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