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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 singer did brother sing to Goolrick when he claimed he had broken his new stereo?
(a) Bruce Springsteen.
(b) Phil Collins.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Rick Springfield.

2. Who saves Goolrick's life by calling him one night, unexpectedly?
(a) A psychotherapist friend.
(b) The police.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

3. What ruined mother's blue and green striped dress?
(a) Age.
(b) A tear.
(c) A cigarette burn.
(d) A stain.

4. What did Goolrick read to his brother's wife in the church?
(a) Poems.
(b) Obituaries.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Newspaper articles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family pretend Mother is dying from, to avoid reality?

2. At what age did Goolrick begin having suicidal thoughts?

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

4. Why did this person survive?

5. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the event with mother's blue and green striped dress.

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

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

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

6. Describe Goolrick's parents as he describes them by the end of the chapter.

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

8. Describe the environment Goolrick experienced as a child.

9. Describe how brother comes out of the coma.

10. Describe how Goolrick's friend attempted suicide.

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