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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. Who saved George's life that day?
(a) Jennifer Dench.
(b) Judy Garland.
(c) Kathleen McKenna.
(d) Iona Freeland.

2. Whom does Goolrick wonder about, in terms of how she went on making herself breakfast, even after she knew what happened?
(a) His sister.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

3. What does Goolrick suddenly hear as George is threatening him?
(a) The church bells.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) Girl scouts.

4. Why goes Goolrick call walking by the river "violently sexy" (pg. 135)?
(a) The river was dirty.
(b) Everything by the river was erotic.
(c) The river was a flood zone.
(d) The river was wavy.

5. What happened to brother at college?
(a) He graduated.
(b) He was valedictorian.
(c) He was kicked out.
(d) He was killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is George Hazelwood the leader of the gang?

2. What did the family do with letters to Santa?

3. Why did the McClouds throw Goolrick out?

4. What does Mrs. Lackman do to the young man who accidentally wets himself?

5. Who are Sonny and Blanche?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happened to Goolrick when he was four years old.

2. Describe why Goolrick was compelled to masturbate, in terms of how it made him feel and how it allowed him to escape.

3. Explain the confrontation between Goolrick and his mother in the first grade.

4. Describe what happened when Goolrick's brother refused to eat when they were children.

5. What does Goolrick mean when he says he has spent his life looking for the thing that will make him into whom he wants to be?

6. Explain what happened when Goolrick was a boy, when he was invited to a sleep over at the McClouds.

7. Explain Goolrick's story of his "real" parents.

8. Explain what happens when Goolrick runs into the boys from school.

9. What does Goolrick make clear in this chapter about his grandmother?

10. Explain the title of this chapter, "Such Charming Hands."

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