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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. Where does James want to go after his painful appointment?

2. Who does James think may have dirtied up the answer to #89 just as an act of retribution toward James?

3. What does James say he abuses daily, as much as he can?

4. What does James pick up when he wakes up after his tooth surgery?

5. Where does James go to watch TV when he is heavily medicated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James see when he looks in the mirror after waking up in the medical wing?

2. What is the story that the Bald Man tells the rest of the group of men?

3. What are some of the ways Hank helps James in this chapter?

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

5. What does Lilly reveal to James about her father when they are sitting and talking?

6. What are some of the drugs James confesses to doing when providing information to the nurse?

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

8. Describe the idea of the "Fury" that takes over James at times.

9. Describe James' new morning routine at the beginning of Chapter 9.

10. What does James tell his brother and his brothers' friends which upsets them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, the characters of this book not only save themselves, but they also manage to save others.

Part 1: Who are some of the patient characters that help James' recovery?

Part 2: Why do you think other patients want to help other patients along the way?

Part 3: What does this interactive type of recovery seem to say about the addiction and recovery process?

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 idea of a User Dream is one that seems to repeat itself throughout the story.

Part 1: Define the idea of a User Dream.

Part 2: Describe one of James' User Dreams and how he comes to interpret it.

Part 3: What is the significance of the User Dream in this story? What does it say about James? About drug addiction?

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