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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Goolrick like to go to the homes of other people?
(a) They had electricity.
(b) They had alcohol.
(c) They had televisions.
(d) They had fancy cars.

2. What didn't anyone during Goolrick's childhood drink?
(a) Beer.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

3. What does Goolrick do that he can never forgive himself for when his mother dies?
(a) He condemns her.
(b) He has a fight with her as she is dying.
(c) He leaves her alone to die.
(d) He is drunk when she dies.

4. What does brother ask about when he finally wakes from his coma?
(a) His parents.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) The Women's Wimbledon.

5. What did mother often eat for breakfast?
(a) Pie.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Cottage cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did most people start smoking in Virginia, according to Goolrick?

2. What are the two wings in the insane asylum?

3. What was mother's table always covered in?

4. What was one of the rules for Goolrick's mother?

5. What did Miss Nell do for herself each morning when she woke?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the situation that led to Goolrick's cutting behaviors.

2. Explain who Sam Weller is, and what happens to him.

3. Describe Dodo.

4. Explain what Goolrick means when he talks about the mystery of how most people carry on.

5. Describe Goolrick's state of mind at this point in the novel.

6. Describe how mother came to own a mink coat.

7. Describe the dinner at Judy Judy's, including her collection, and the food, as well as the people attending.

8. Describe the circumstances that led to brother's CAT scan which revealed the aneurysm.

9. Explain how the patients beat the addicts in volleyball.

10. Describe Goolrick's relationship with his female lover.

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