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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 is wrong with Mrs. Lackman's son?
(a) He is a sociopath.
(b) He is manic depressive.
(c) He is bipolar.
(d) He is schizophrenic.

2. What didn't Goolrick attend that most other children attended?
(a) Dance school.
(b) School.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Military school.

3. What did brother once stick in Goolrick's forehead?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A tack.
(c) A knife.
(d) A nail.

4. What does George threaten to do?
(a) Shoot Goolrick.
(b) Rape Goolrick's mother.
(c) Kill Goolrick's sister.
(d) Cut off Goolrick's ear.

5. Who molested Goolrick?
(a) His brother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Goolrick tell the following morning?

2. What did Goolrick's parents never buy for him?

3. What killed Sally Page?

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

5. What happened to Grandmother's Canton plates?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Goolrick's graduation speech.

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

4. Summarize Goolrick's experiences during kindergarten and first grade.

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

6. Describe why Goolrick was compelled to masturbate, in terms of how it made him feel and how it allowed him to escape.

7. Explain what happened to Goolrick when he was four years old.

8. Explain Goolrick's story of his "real" parents.

9. Explain what happened the morning after Goolrick was molested.

10. Explain the confrontation between Goolrick and his mother in the first grade.

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