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

2. What are the names of Nic's two first-ever dogs?
(a) Tobias and Beatrix.
(b) Moon-dog and Brutus.
(c) Alex and Sebastian.
(d) Buster and Keaton.

3. While attending Hampshire College, Nic finds a sponsor who is a graduate student attending what college?
(a) Amherst College.
(b) Yale.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) The University of Massachusetts.

4. How does David interpret Nic's glance over his shoulder as the two drive up to St. Helena Hospital?
(a) He believes that Nic is thinking about Vicki.
(b) He believes that Nic is worried about imagined assassins.
(c) He believes that Nic is about to make a run for it.
(d) He believes that Nic is thinking about

5. To what city does Vicki move when she leaves the Bay Area?
(a) Redding.
(b) New York City.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. After listing a myriad of impressions at which Nic is skilled, David says that Nic's best impression is of whom?

2. The teacher of what subject at Hampshire College writes to David to express her sadness at the news of Nic's relapse?

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

4. David's college was chosen by which magazine as "one of the top party schools in the nation" (84)?

5. Which college is NOT included within the consortium to which Hampshire College belongs, allowing Nic to attend any one of four other colleges in addition to his own?

(see the answer key)

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