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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. Who arrives at the clinic and dominates the conversation, only to have James laugh at him?

2. What do James and Miles talk to each other about in relation to their struggles?

3. How long do the authorities want James to spend in prison?

4. On what does James write down his confession?

5. What does James do for the first time in his memory in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Lilly that she was afraid James would find out from others?

2. What does James recall about fear as he is frightened and walks out into the woods?

3. Why does James wake up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. What do James and Miles share about their struggles with shame?

5. Why does Lilly call to ask James to meet her in the woods?

6. What does James tell Joanne privately about his Fury in relation to his parents?

7. What is the simple moral of Leonard's story about his family and about how he came to be at the clinic?

8. Who does James suspect is behind the reduction in his Ohio prison sentence?

9. What does Randall reveal to James about his legal troubles?

10. What has James' college girlfriend sent to him in the mail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The clinic has a strict policy that men and women are not supposed to interact with each other - but James and Lilly ignore this rule in favor of trying to help each other.

Part 1: How do James and Lilly meet initially in this story?

Part 2: What is Lilly's story as it relates to addictions and past traumas?

Part 3: Why do you think the clinic has this rule in the first place? Doesn't bonding with someone else help to speed up the healing 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 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?

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