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

2. Whom does Goolrick meet on his way into town?
(a) His sister.
(b) Boys from school.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

3. What costume did Goolrick and his brother love as children?
(a) Angel costumes.
(b) Indian costumes.
(c) Cowboy costumes.
(d) Jester costumes.

4. What are the Goolrick children not allowed to say, much less eat?
(a) Pie.
(b) Coconut.
(c) Dip.
(d) Roast.

5. What does Mother do after Goolrick goes to college?
(a) Tells his father he is gay.
(b) Kills his lover.
(c) Befriends his lover.
(d) Betrays his lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goolrick do to his sister's friend that causes him to orgasm?

2. What is wrong with Mrs. Lackman's son?

3. What did the young man eventually become in life?

4. What did Mrs. Lackman bring for the young man the following day?

5. What happened to brother at college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Goolrick means by calling his brother "a sly one" (pg. 124).

2. Explain what happens when Goolrick tells his mother about the blood when he goes to the bathroom.

3. Explain what happened when Goolrick was a boy, when he was invited to a sleep over at the McClouds.

4. What does Goolrick mean by "how did they thrive so long, and then fail" at the end of this chapter?

5. Explain that pageants of Mrs. Lackman's classes.

6. What seems to be Goolrick's primary premise in "How I Went On"?

7. Explain the title of this chapter, "Such Charming Hands."

8. Describe the events that took place with Roy and Goolrick's brother in the field.

9. Explain how Goolrick and his siblings coerce their mother into buying things, and how they pay for it.

10. Explain how cream was used to make butter in the classroom.

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