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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goolrick admit those in the hospital still feel?
(a) A sense of dignity.
(b) A sense of righteousness.
(c) A sense of competitiveness.
(d) A sense of anger.

2. Why is Goolrick a star in the hospital?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is handsome.
(c) His cuts are very deep.
(d) He is a movie star.

3. 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 dog.
(c) His carport.
(d) His house.

4. What does the family pretend Mother is dying from, to avoid reality?
(a) Colon cancer.
(b) Stomach ulcers.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Breast cancer.

5. What disease does Goolrick's mother have?
(a) Varices.
(b) Lyme Disease.
(c) Ulcerative Colitis.
(d) Fibromyalsia.

6. What did mother often eat for breakfast?
(a) Pie.
(b) Cottage cheese.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Nothing.

7. At what age did Goolrick begin having suicidal thoughts?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

8. How does the other person try suicide?
(a) She tried to hang herself.
(b) He drove his car off a cliff.
(c) He slits his wrists and his throat.
(d) She overdosed.

9. What caused Goolrick to end his relationship with his female lover?
(a) She was violent.
(b) She became obsessive.
(c) She wanted to marry.
(d) She was an addict.

10. What did Goolrick find had infested his parents' home when he visited his father?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Ants.
(d) Rats.

11. What does the green and blue dress symbolize to Goolrick?
(a) Lost perfection.
(b) The end of marriage.
(c) Anger.
(d) Unhappiness.

12. Why did Goolrick's mother and father die?
(a) They smoked too much.
(b) They were in a car accident.
(c) They suffered from colitis.
(d) They drank too much.

13. What does the other person's suicide attempt do for Goolrick?
(a) Makes him feel guilty for his desires.
(b) Opens the door for his own.
(c) Makes him jealous.
(d) Makes him frightened of death.

14. Why is Goolrick happy the door is always locked?
(a) It keeps him in.
(b) It keeps his family from bothering him.
(c) It keeps people out.
(d) It feels like a prison.

15. How old was Goolrick's brother when he had an aneurysm?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Ninety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goolrick do that he can never forgive himself for when his mother dies?

2. What could brother not figure out what to do with?

3. What happens when Goolrick's left arm is too damaged to cut?

4. What does Goolrick begin to carry with him?

5. What does Goolrick admit his mother never showed him?

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