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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: stay up late, Chapters 6-8 and Part II: his drug of choice, Chapters 9-10 and Part III: whatever, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What elements does David name as being involved in the deaths of Charles's parents prior to Charles's enrollment in college?
(a) Fate and bad timing.
(b) Alcohol and drugs.
(c) Sex and alcohol.
(d) Jealousy and violence.

2. Nic begins sixth grade at a new school in what location?
(a) Inverness.
(b) Los Altos.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Vallejo.

3. By 1948, legal methamphetamines were used by 5% of what country's 16-25-year-olds?
(a) The United States.
(b) Japan.
(c) Australia.
(d) Germany.

4. Who calls David during Nic's freshman year to tell him he is failing?
(a) The principal.
(b) The vice principal.
(c) The registrar.
(d) The freshman dean.

5. When Nic calls David after missing curfew and disappearing for a while, where is he?
(a) In an alley behind a bookstore.
(b) On the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) In the Berkeley library.

Short Answer Questions

1. The child development specialist tells David that "teenagers with drug problems will not be prepared for" (98) what?

2. Nic's school is located on the campus of a former what?

3. Whose suicide note serves as a source of Part I's epigraph?

4. Whom does David quote as saying, "Home is a holy thing" (67)?

5. How old is Jasper the first time Nic is arrested?

(see the answer key)

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