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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Goolrick do at age thirteen for a local paper?
(a) A news story.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A book review.
(d) An interview.

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

3. Who are Sonny and Blanche?
(a) Goolrick's in-laws.
(b) Goolrick's aunt and uncle.
(c) Goolrick's parents.
(d) Goolrick's made up Jewish parents.

4. What did Elizabeth Taylor say about her eyes?
(a) They were black.
(b) They were just green.
(c) They were lavender.
(d) They were just gray.

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

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

7. What is wrong with Mrs. Lackman's son?
(a) He is a sociopath.
(b) He is schizophrenic.
(c) He is bipolar.
(d) He is manic depressive.

8. What day was bridge day?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

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

10. What did Goolrick give a speech about at graduation?
(a) University life in the eighties.
(b) University life in the sixties.
(c) University life in the nineties.
(d) University life in the seventies.

11. 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."

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

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

14. What killed Sally Page?
(a) Measels.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Strep throat.
(d) Polio.

15. What happened to brother at college?
(a) He was killed.
(b) He graduated.
(c) He was kicked out.
(d) He was valedictorian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young man eventually become in life?

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

3. Who woke to see the molestation?

4. What happened to Grandmother's Canton plates?

5. What does Goolrick note about celebrities?

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