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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. Why was town an exciting place?
(a) There were often fights.
(b) There were lots of drug addicts.
(c) It was a big city.
(d) There were other people.

2. What did Goolrick give a speech about at graduation?
(a) University life in the eighties.
(b) University life in the seventies.
(c) University life in the sixties.
(d) University life in the nineties.

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

4. What killed Sally Page?
(a) Strep throat.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Polio.
(d) Measels.

5. What does George pull out from his pocket?
(a) A switchblade.
(b) Gum.
(c) A gun.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final question of the chapter?

2. Who are Sonny and Blanche?

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

4. What did Goolrick fantasize about his parents?

5. What are the Goolrick children not allowed to say, much less eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain Goolrick's graduation speech.

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

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

9. 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?

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

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