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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 Goolrick do at age thirteen for a local paper?
(a) A book review.
(b) An interview.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A news story.

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

3. What does Goolrick smell on the man?
(a) Urine.
(b) Cigar smoke.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Evil.

4. What did the children eat with the newly made butter?
(a) Crackers.
(b) Fresh bread.
(c) Toast.
(d) Pancakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Goolrick's father stop doing nearly entirely?

2. What happened to the cream?

3. For which holidays were pageants held?

4. What did the children do with the jars of cream?

5. What feature of Father do many notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Goolrick runs into the boys from school.

2. Describe what happened when Goolrick's brother refused to eat when they were children.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain Mrs. Lackman's process for bathroom breaks, and why it doesn't work with the children.

(see the answer keys)

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