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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 wavy.
(b) The river was dirty.
(c) The river was a flood zone.
(d) Everything by the river was erotic.

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

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

4. What does Goolrick watch by the river that excites him?
(a) A couple having sex.
(b) A young man masturbating.
(c) A woman being raped.
(d) Several people having sex with one another.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Goolrick do with the girl next door?
(a) Tries to molest her.
(b) Ties her up.
(c) Kisses her.
(d) Has sex.

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

12. 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."

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

14. What does Goolrick note about celebrities?
(a) Their heads are bigger than those of normal people.
(b) They are smaller than most people.
(c) They are kinder than most people.
(d) They are rude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many classes were taught at the school where Goolrick went to kindergarten?

2. When does Goolrick first fall in love?

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

4. What does Goolrick begin to obsess about?

5. What hors d'oeuvres did Goolrick make the adults?

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