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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did mother make at the end of month when they were short on money?
(a) Grilled cheese.
(b) Welsh rarebit.
(c) Cabbage soup.
(d) Poached salmon.

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

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

4. What does Dodo do that the other children cannot do?
(a) Smokes and drinks.
(b) Drives.
(c) Draws.
(d) Reads.

5. What second operation did brother have that could have rendered him "a zombie" according to mother?
(a) A removal of the left brain.
(b) A frontal lobotomy.
(c) A heart transplant.
(d) A severing of the right and left brain.

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

7. What does Dodo try to get Goolrick to do to her?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Tie her up.
(d) Kill her.

8. What game were the patients required to play each day?
(a) Football.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Baseball.

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

10. What does Goolrick do instead of suicide?
(a) He enters a mental institution.
(b) He begins to weep.
(c) He begins to cut himself.
(d) He begins to knit.

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

12. At what age did most people start smoking in Virginia, according to Goolrick?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty.

13. What did Miss Nell do for herself each morning when she woke?
(a) She did her nails.
(b) She had her hair done.
(c) Made herself a strong martini.
(d) Made herself breakfast in bed.

14. Why does Goolrick fly first class to see his brother?
(a) He needs the extra room.
(b) He is fed a meal.
(c) He can receive free drinks.
(d) He is wealthy.

15. What does Goolrick admit his mother never showed him?
(a) Gentleness.
(b) Love.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did this person say was the basis for the suicide attempt?

2. What kind of coat did mother have that she was proud of?

3. What does Goolrick believe decides human emotion?

4. What was mother's table always covered in?

5. What are the two wings in the insane asylum?

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