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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part V begins with an excerpt of the script from what film?

2. In an excerpt from Addict in the Family, its author states that addicts inevitably take what action with respect to their parents' past regrets?

3. The program into which Nic checks at Hazelden will last at least how long?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Sheff warn the parents of addicted children to avoid certain music?

2. What distinction does Sheff make between useful guilt and guilt that is not useful?

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

4. What do the majority of experts recommend with regard to the length of a rehab stay and the need for after-care?

5. What is the symbolism of Nic's note to Jasper?

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

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

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

9. What observation does Nic make about the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco?

10. How late is Nic when he sets a lunch date with his father at the restaurant Steps of Rome?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of sound within David Sheff's memoir Beautiful Boy.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of David Sheff's memoir Beautiful Boy.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the connection Sheff draws between his own experiences as the father of an addict and the state of the opioid crisis plaguing twenty-first century America.

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