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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Summer of Our Suicides.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Goolrick spend in the hospital?
(a) Twelve weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight weeks.

2. To what is Goolrick addicted?
(a) Saline solution.
(b) Cough syrup.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Nasal spray.

3. What does Goolrick suffer from?
(a) Bulimia.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Anhedonia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Goolrick's godfather's wife bring to the family following Father's death?

2. Where did Goolrick meet the male lover he discusses in "Summer of our Suicides"?

3. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?

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

5. What ruined mother's blue and green striped dress?

(see the answer key)

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