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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 is NOT a task Nic calls his father David to report taking during his longest period of sobriety within the narrative?
(a) He has opened a bank account.
(b) He has secured a credit card.
(c) He has purchased a house.
(d) He has saved some money.

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

3. 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) Sacramento.
(b) Reno.
(c) Billings.
(d) Portland.

4. Nic finds a job at a rehab facility called what?
(a) Promises.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Beaches.
(d) Sandals.

5. What objects does Nic include along with his note to Jasper?
(a) Eight Jolly Ranchers.
(b) Eight dollar bills.
(c) Eight Hershey's Kisses.
(d) Eight marbles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When David is at his wits' end with no news about Nic, who says they have been contacted by Nic?

2. 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?

3. What type of facility is St. Helena Hospital?

4. According to David, approximately what percentage of all second marriages end in divorce?

5. Statistics show that girls with divorced parents do NOT have what experience earlier than children with married biological parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Sheff's use of medical diction in order to depict the theme of family bonds.

2. Experts David consults say that addicts are skilled at exploiting what aspects of their parents?

3. What distinction does Sheff make between blame and accountability?

4. In what way is the theme of hope demonstrated in David's mention of St. Helena Hospital?

5. What are the definitions of priming and cuing, behaviors that can lead to relapse?

6. Whom does Sheff list as people and organizations he at times blames for Nic's problems, before returning to the idea that Nic has a disease that causes his bad behavior?

7. What element does Sheff name as "the bitterest irony of early sobriety" (228)?

8. What new hobby does Nic take up around the time when David regains his memory after surviving a cerebral hemorrhage?

9. Discuss examples of contingency management strategies that have been shown to be effective in managing addiction.

10. What does Sheff mean when he calls addiction an "equal-opportunity affliction" (177)?

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