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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. In what city does James' plane land?

2. What does James use to relieve his shame and to cause him pain?

3. What is crawling all over James in his hallucinations?

4. How does James feel about his chances of recovery, which startles his brother and his brothers' friends?

5. What does James send out to the missing patient?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does James feel about the AA meetings in relation to their ability to help addicts?

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

5. What are the results of James' MMPI that Joanne reviews and shares with him?

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

7. Why can't James eat anything more than toast for his breakfast?

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

9. When Warren and John go out to look for Larry, what does James know already about Larry?

10. Who was Leonard's childhood mentor that he speaks to James about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The MMPI test is a personality test that Joanne reviews with James, showing him some of the issues that he might be facing in relation to his addictions.

Part 1: What are the results of the MMPI test, as Joanne reveals to James?

Part 2: What is James' reaction to finding out the results of his test?

Part 3: Does it seem like a good idea or a bad idea to share these results with a patient? Why did you choose the answer you did?

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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