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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. How does Knapp feel for her first year living alone?
(a) Stable and organized.
(b) Unstable and anxious.
(c) Psychotic and delirious.
(d) Depressed and fragile.

2. Knapp was always careful not to be alone with which of her friends' fathers?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Drew.
(d) Abby.

3. What was Knapp like as a child?
(a) Clumsy and disorganized.
(b) Outspoken and irreverent.
(c) Curious and playful.
(d) Painfully shy.

4. What kind of drunk was Knapp's friend Elaine?
(a) Tightly wound.
(b) Messy.
(c) Belligerent.
(d) Gregarious.

5. What had Knapp done at night until she was sixteen, when she started drinking?
(a) Have nightmares.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Cry.
(d) Rock herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Knapp like in her personal life?

2. What does Knapp tell her boss when he asks about her injury?

3. What class of people does Knapp find at AA meetings?

4. What was Knapp's father's line of work?

5. How did alcohol affect Knapp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knapp realize during the last six months of her drinking?

2. Describe the yearning that drove Knapp to drink.

3. How would Knapp feel whenever her glass was filled?

4. What confrontation do Knapp and her mother have after Knapp's father dies?

5. Describe the first time Knapp got drunk.

6. How were Knapp's personal and professional lives different?

7. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

8. How does Knapp's drinking change when she lives by herself?

9. What does Knapp love about drinking?

10. What relationship does Knapp have with her readers when she writes for the Boston Phoenix?

(see the answer keys)

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