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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ruined mother's blue and green striped dress?
(a) A cigarette burn.
(b) Age.
(c) A stain.
(d) A tear.

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

4. What primary emotion does Goolrick find himself feeling following his father's death?
(a) Anger.
(b) Grief.
(c) Relief.
(d) Happiness.

5. Who saves Goolrick's life by calling him one night, unexpectedly?
(a) The police.
(b) A psychotherapist friend.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goolrick note about the young man in the glass room?

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

3. How long did Goolrick spend high, having random anonymous sexual encounters before he was suicidal?

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

5. What is wrong with Aunt Dodo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Goolrick means when he talks about the mystery of how most people carry on.

2. Describe how mother came to own a mink coat.

3. Explain Goolrick's initial reaction to his friend's attempt, and his later reactions.

4. Describe the area where Mother and Father are buried.

5. Explain why Goolrick's parents were so angry with him for writing his first book.

6. Describe Goolrick's state of mind at this point in the novel.

7. Describe details about the mental hospital.

8. Describe Goolrick's relationship with his male lover.

9. Describe Dodo.

10. Explain the situation that led to Goolrick's cutting behaviors.

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