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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The End of the World As We Know It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Goolrick compare his time at the hospital?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The first few weeks of college.
(d) The first weeks of grade school.

2. What medical situation is occurring with his brother's wife at the time of his illness?
(a) She is in labor.
(b) She is dying of breast cancer.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has Fibromyalsia.

3. Why did brother's wife hate Goolrick?
(a) She felt he was a drunk.
(b) She thought he flirted with her.
(c) She felt he was cruel to her husband.
(d) She hated his drug use.

4. What does Goolrick do on his thirty-fifth birthday?
(a) He overdoses.
(b) He drives his car off a cliff.
(c) He hangs himself.
(d) He slits his wrist.

5. What did Goolrick hope his new object would provide for him?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Relief.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) Opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Goolrick's mother use to pay for movies?

2. What did the children eat with the newly made butter?

3. What did Goolrick's parents bring with them when they came down for brother's surgery?

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

5. What did mother make at the end of month when they were short on money?

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