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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 excuse did the Goolrick children use to convince their parents to buy them things?
(a) They said they wanted it.
(b) They threatened to run away.
(c) They said they needed it for school.
(d) They said their friends had it.

2. When does Goolrick first fall in love?
(a) He is thirteen.
(b) He is a senior in high school.
(c) He is an adult.
(d) He is in college.

3. What did Goolrick's father do in one of the pageants?
(a) He was Martha Washington.
(b) He was a president.
(c) He was the flag.
(d) He was a soldier.

4. What does Roy practice on Goolrick?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Sex.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Dancing.

5. Who watches him do this to the girl next door?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother and a friend.
(d) His brother and sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did brother want mother to say before he ate his dinner?

2. What did Elizabeth Taylor say about her eyes?

3. What does Mrs. Lackman do to the young man who accidentally wets himself?

4. What happened to brother at college?

5. What word do the Goolrick's use instead of fabrics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain Goolrick's graduation speech.

5. What does Goolrick mean when he says he has spent his life looking for the thing that will make him into whom he wants to be?

6. Describe Mrs. Lackman's son.

7. What does Goolrick make clear in this chapter about his grandmother?

8. What does Goolrick mean when he points out that they boys thought he was one of them?

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

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

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