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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: whatever, Chapters 12-14 and Part IV: if only, Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When David picks Nic up after he has been missing for the first time, he tells Nic that Nic must now go to rehab and that there is no other choice. What is Nic's response?
(a) He says he knows.
(b) He says he loves his father.
(c) He says he wants to die.
(d) He says he cannot go.

2. After listing a myriad of impressions at which Nic is skilled, David says that Nic's best impression is of whom?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Jack Nicholson.
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(d) Humphrey Bogart.

3. The teacher of what subject at Hampshire College writes to David to express her sadness at the news of Nic's relapse?
(a) Writing.
(b) Math.
(c) Science.
(d) Anthropology.

4. The therapist recommends that Nic stay with Vicki during which part(s) of each year?
(a) Summers and spring breaks.
(b) Holidays and the school year.
(c) The school year.
(d) Holidays and summers.

5. What movie does David describe seeing as a portrait of "a wretched alcoholic" (180)?
(a) The Lost Weekend.
(b) Weekend at Bernie's.
(c) Sideways.
(d) Days of Wine and Roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns a small cabin in Inverness, California?

2. What university did David attend after high school?

3. Who flies east with Nic to help him get settled at Hampshire College?

4. To whom does David attribute Nic's love for film directors such as Godard, Bergman, and Kurosawa?

5. Nic is arrested for failing to appear in court after being cited for what crime?

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