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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Playing the Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could brother not figure out what to do with?
(a) His shoe.
(b) His shirt.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His pen.

2. What did the eighteen year old boy who lived in the neighborhood want that had belonged to Goolrick's father?
(a) His bed.
(b) His carport.
(c) His dog.
(d) His house.

3. What does Goolrick note men and women had in his childhood?
(a) Hairdos and nice clothing.
(b) Cocktails and hairdos.
(c) Cocktails and music.
(d) Drugs and rock and roll.

4. What did Goolrick purchase for his parents for which they never thanked him?
(a) A house.
(b) Cars.
(c) Stocks.
(d) Clothing.

5. What seems surprising to Goolrick about the differences in human beings?
(a) They can be so cruel.
(b) They can be so mundane.
(c) They can be so vastly different.
(d) They can be so similar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What singer did brother sing to Goolrick when he claimed he had broken his new stereo?

2. What didn't anyone during Goolrick's childhood drink?

3. What does Goolrick do in the early morning the day following his mother's death?

4. At what age did most people start smoking in Virginia, according to Goolrick?

5. What happened often to the boys when they played a game down by the river with rocks?

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