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

2. What did Goolrick fantasize about his parents?
(a) They would die.
(b) They kidnapped him as a child.
(c) They were aliens.
(d) They were not his real parents.

3. What word do the Goolrick's use instead of fabrics?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Mediums.
(c) Cloths.
(d) Materials.

4. How did the family give others Christmas presents?
(a) They made them.
(b) They stole them.
(c) They had the children donate old items they no longer wanted.
(d) They bought them.

5. What did Goolrick's grandfather do to earn a medal?
(a) Fought in the war.
(b) Helped cure yellow fever.
(c) Died in the war.
(d) Saved a family from a burning building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roy practice on Goolrick?

2. What did Goolrick hope his new object would provide for him?

3. How old was Goolrick when he was molested?

4. What does Mother do after Goolrick goes to college?

5. What did Goolrick think the man was doing at first?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Mrs. Lackman's son.

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

7. 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?

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

9. Explain Goolrick's graduation speech.

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

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