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

2. When David picks Nic up after he has been missing for the first time, he tells Nic that Nic must now go to rehab and that there is no other choice. What is Nic's response?
(a) He says he cannot go.
(b) He says he loves his father.
(c) He says he knows.
(d) He says he wants to die.

3. When David was still a young child, his family moved from Massachusetts to what state?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

4. What is NOT something listed among the things Vicki and David divide upon their divorce?
(a) Their art.
(b) Their young son.
(c) Their china.
(d) Their German shepherd.

5. David names which Spike Lee film as one of Nic's very favorite movies?
(a) Do the Right Thing.
(b) Bamboozled.
(c) How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
(d) Jungle Fever.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In her work focused on children of divorce, Dr. Judith Wallerstein found that what fraction of children with divorced parents "experienced moderate to severe depression" (68)?

3. About what topic does David educate Nic and his friends when he drives them to school each day?

4. Whom does Nic call his "worry doctor" (22)?

5. To what city does Vicki move when she leaves the Bay Area?

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