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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Studies have shown that what elements "change an addict's vital signs" (206)?
(a) Stressors.
(b) Phases.
(c) Cravings.
(d) Cues.

2. In what town do Karen and David attend their first Al-Anon meeting?
(a) Novato.
(b) San Juan Batista.
(c) Santa Clarita.
(d) Florence.

3. Who ends up helping Nic pay the debt he owes due to stealing checks from a family friend?
(a) Vicki.
(b) Charles.
(c) David.
(d) Z.

4. Who flies east with Nic to help him get settled at Hampshire College?
(a) David, Karen, and Jasper.
(b) Jasper and Daisy.
(c) Z.
(d) Karen and David.

5. Nic admits to his father that the drug scenes from what movie make him want to get high?
(a) Crank.
(b) The Big Lebowski.
(c) Requiem for a Dream.
(d) Trainspotting.

6. What object is kept on Nic's bedside table at St. Helena's Hospital?
(a) The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book.
(b) A King James Bible.
(c) A nightlight.
(d) His light therapy machine.

7. While attending Hampshire College, Nic finds a sponsor who is a graduate student attending what college?
(a) Mount Holyoke.
(b) The University of Massachusetts.
(c) Amherst College.
(d) Yale.

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

9. What two districts of San Francisco does David scour looking for Nic?
(a) The Haight-Ashbury district and the Mission district.
(b) The Financial district and the Nob Hill district.
(c) The Castro district and the Mission district.
(d) The Mission district and the Nob Hill district.

10. What piece of information does David struggle to remember after he suffers a medical emergency?
(a) Nic's phone number.
(b) The month.
(c) Nic's birthday.
(d) His own address.

11. When David asks the wireless operator to trace the location of Nic's cell phone, what is NOT a city she reports to him?
(a) Portland.
(b) Billings.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Reno.

12. Randy, Nic's sponsor, buys Nic what item so that the two men can spend time together being active?
(a) A volleyball net.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A snorkeling set.
(d) A soccer ball.

13. In what type of residence does Nic live while he is attending Hampshire College?
(a) An apartment on campus.
(b) A sober-living dormitory.
(c) A house off campus.
(d) With his grandparents.

14. Which college is NOT included within the consortium to which Hampshire College belongs, allowing Nic to attend any one of four other colleges in addition to his own?
(a) Amherst College.
(b) Yale.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) The University of Massachusetts.

15. What is the name for an object, situation, person, or feeling that creates overwhelming feeling of craving in an addict?
(a) A cue.
(b) A tone.
(c) A phase.
(d) A signal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nic finally calls his father after a long period of being missing, he admits to being in the midst of a relapse on what two drugs?

2. David reports that when Z. breaks up with Nic, he is devastated, but rather than using, he takes what action?

3. What final advice does David give to the addicted young woman for whom he buys lunch?

4. About how many people does David say attend the first Al-Anon meeting that he and Karen attend?

5. What movie do Nic and David see together the night before he checks into the Hazelden?

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