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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 leaves the clinic, weeping with joy?

2. What is James supposed to write on the goal board?

3. What does James have to do in the beginning of family counseling?

4. What does James find out is his new sentence for the jail time he needs to do?

5. What is the profession of James' new roommate, Miles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Matty Jackson, another patient in the clinic with James and Leonard.

2. Describe the new arrival to the Clinic, Michael.

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

4. When will James have User Dreams, according to Lincoln?

5. What is the secret James reveals to the priest as he is reading his confession aloud?

6. What does James do at the bar at the end of the story?

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

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

9. What does James tell Joanne about the time he will know he has recovered from his addiction?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

James is impressed with the Bald Man and what he is able to do within the clinic setting. This figure becomes important to James as he deals with the process of recovery.

Part 1: Describe the character of the Bald Man. What strikes James as fascinating about him?

Part 2: What is the main lesson that James learns from this character? Why is this important?

Part 3: Do you think James would have recovered without the introduction of the Bald Man? Why or why not?

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