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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: whatever, Chapters 12-14 and Part IV: if only, Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area of the United States is St. Helena Hospital located?
(a) The Florida Panhandle.
(b) The Northwest coast.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) Napa Valley.

2. Nic decides that his choice of college had been a mistake and that he would do better at what type of college?
(a) A smaller college.
(b) A more progressive college.
(c) An art college.
(d) A more studious college.

3. Part II begins with an epigraph from which play by William Shakespeare?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) The Tempest.
(c) King Lear.
(d) The Merry Wives of Windsor.

4. When Nic moves home from his first college, what is NOT a rule his parents insist that he follow?
(a) He will pay rent.
(b) He will go to therapy.
(c) He will apply to other colleges.
(d) He will abide by a set curfew.

5. David's roommate in college was a student named Charles who hailed from which New York City borough?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. During one desperate email to his mother Vicki, Nic states that AA makes him feel what emotion?

2. What movie does David describe seeing as a portrait of "a wretched alcoholic" (180)?

3. What is the name of Nic's little brother?

4. David characterizes Nic as a child who does what every time he encounters a puddle?

5. When the woman at Al-Anon tells a story about considering suicide but deciding against it, what event befalls her directly afterwards?

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