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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. How does the other person try suicide?
(a) She tried to hang herself.
(b) He slits his wrists and his throat.
(c) He drove his car off a cliff.
(d) She overdosed.

2. What does the green and blue dress symbolize to Goolrick?
(a) Anger.
(b) The end of marriage.
(c) Unhappiness.
(d) Lost perfection.

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

4. What does Goolrick note about the young man in the glass room?
(a) He is violent.
(b) He is talkative.
(c) He is deep in despair.
(d) He is angry.

5. Why did brother's wife hate Goolrick?
(a) She thought he flirted with her.
(b) She felt he was cruel to her husband.
(c) She hated his drug use.
(d) She felt he was a drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did each person have to do each morning in the hospital?

2. How many hands are in Goolrick's hallucination about suicide?

3. What does Mother need to stop doing in order to get well?

4. What does Goolrick do instead of suicide?

5. For how long did Goolrick's peaceful relationship with his sister-in-law last?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Goolrick's friend attempted suicide.

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

4. Describe how brother comes out of the coma.

5. Explain the young man who joins the ward while Goolrick is there.

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

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

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

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

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

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