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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 does mother threaten to do?
(a) Call the police and institutionalize Goolrick.
(b) Tell his father.
(c) Throw him out.
(d) Kill his lover.

2. What did Goolrick's parents never buy for him?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A car.
(c) A new suit.
(d) A new pair of shoes.

3. What did Goolrick think the man was doing at first?
(a) Punishing him.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Having a seizure.
(d) Tickling him.

4. What does Goolrick suddenly hear as George is threatening him?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) The church bells.
(d) Girl scouts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For which holidays were pageants held?

3. What day was bridge day?

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

5. What does Goolrick do with the girl next door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Mrs. Lackman's son.

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

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

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