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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 does James walk out of the clinic?

2. Who buoys James' spirit as he gets ready to head to jail to start and to complete his sentence?

3. Which authorities want James to spend a long time in jail and do not want a plea bargain?

4. What does Miles feel he has done to his pregnant wife?

5. On what does James write down his confession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Leonard ask of James when he walks him out of the Clinic?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

The reaction to the episode of ER is understandable. The glamorization of addiction is certainly not doing addicts or would-be addicts any favors.

Part 1: Describe what happens in the episode of ER that the patient are watching.

Part 2: What are the reactions of the patients to this episode of ER?

Part 3: How can this type of show hurt those who might be having troubles with addiction?

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