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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. What did Goolrick purchase for his parents for which they never thanked him?
(a) Cars.
(b) A house.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Stocks.

2. Where did Goolrick meet the male lover he discusses in "Summer of our Suicides"?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Paris.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Greece.

3. What does Goolrick inadvertently put on his mother's wound?
(a) Icy Hot.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Neosporin.
(d) Mouthwash.

4. What does the psychiatrist say about addicts?
(a) They have no sense of limits.
(b) They are lonely.
(c) They are not intelligent.
(d) They are in misery.

5. What does Goolrick do the morning of the funeral?
(a) Calls a prostitute.
(b) Has a nervous breakdown.
(c) Digs his father's grave.
(d) Drives to a bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goolrick do on his thirty-fifth birthday?

2. What does brother ask about when he finally wakes from his coma?

3. What does Teddy call to inform the family about?

4. What did Goolrick find had infested his parents' home when he visited his father?

5. Why did this person survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Goolrick is somewhat of a star in the hospital.

2. Describe Dodo.

3. Explain why Goolrick's parents were so angry with him for writing his first book.

4. Explain what Goolrick meant when he said "things took on a magical quality" (pg 104).

5. Explain how Mother died and Goolrick's actions at the time of her death.

6. Describe Goolrick's relationship with his male lover.

7. Explain Goolrick's initial reaction to his friend's attempt, and his later reactions.

8. Describe how Goolrick's friend attempted suicide.

9. Describe mother's appearance.

10. Describe the game Goolrick and his brother used to play as children, and the consequences.

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