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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: stay up late, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does David feel about joint custody?
(a) He likes it.
(b) He has a love/hate relationship with it.
(c) He tolerates it.
(d) He loathes it.

2. In addition to incompatibility, what else does David say occurs within his marriage to Vicki?
(a) He cheats on her with her sister.
(b) She cheats on him with a family friend.
(c) He cheats on her with a family friend.
(d) She cheats on him with his brother.

3. Before taking up surfing, Nic had never wanted to go to the beach for what reason?
(a) He had not wanted to get sandy.
(b) He had not wanted to get a sunburn.
(c) He had not wanted to show his body.
(d) He had liked video games better than nature.

4. What drug does David name as the most prevalent one in the schools he had attended?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) LSD.
(d) Alcohol.

5. David asserts that he and Vicki are "among the first generation of" (19) what kind of parents?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Secular.
(c) Self-conscious.
(d) Parochial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nic's teachers report that Nic is bright and usually engaged, but that once in a while, he seems what?

2. At what age does Nic start traveling back and forth between his two homes unaccompanied by an adult?

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

4. What is the name of the girl with whom Nic is enamored in sixth grade?

5. At what age does Nic start attending preschool a few days a week?

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