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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. What does James seem to have for the other patients in the clinic which is surprising to the reader?

2. James realizes he has an opportunity to choose a better _______ for himself.

3. What does James drink until he blacks out after the uncomfortable moment in the kitchen?

4. What kind of personality test does James take in order for the therapists to assess his condition?

5. When James and Roy finally have a physical altercation, who starts the physical violence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does James turn up the heat in the shower when he is bathing his body?

2. What do the staff members want to do with James after learning about his physical altercation?

3. What does Dr. Stevens want to do for James at the end of the root canal experience?

4. Why does Roy come in to interrupt James and Lilly when they are talking?

5. How often does James abuse alcohol, according to his statement when talking to the nurse during his admit to the medical wing?

6. What does James do when his parents try to hug him in concern for his condition?

7. What do James' brother and friends bring for James when they come to visit him at the clinic?

8. What is Joanne's recommended treatment plan for James' addiction?

9. How does James respond to the situation in #9?

10. What does Warren do for James after James has his second User Dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of honest is one that seems to be pushed in relation to becoming a recovered addict.

Part 1: Describe the ways in which James is honest and the ways in which James is dishonest in his rehabilitation.

Part 2: What does honesty provide to those who are in the rehabilitation Clinic? What are the benefits to being honest?

Part 3: Is there any contradiction in this story about the message of being honest? Are the people in authority as honest as they preach others should be?

Essay Topic 2

The use of the 12-Step program is a big part of this clinic and its method of teaching recovery strategies.

Part 1: What are the first three steps of the 12-Step Program?

Part 2: Which patients in the clinic think the 12-Step program is essential? Why do they think this?

Part 3: What are James' feelings about the 12-Step program? How does he respond to utilizing it?

Essay Topic 3

The Fury is the force the controls James and his addictions. It is a violent force that seems to ever overshadow Frey as the writer at times, launching the reader into the true experience of addiction.

Part 1: Describe the Fury as James experiences it.

Part 2: What does the Fury seem to be doing to James? When does it appear?

Part 3: How does James finally conquer his Fury? What are some of the steps he takes to controlling this?

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