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. At what age does Nic start attending preschool a few days a week?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

5. What is the name of Nic's little sister?
(a) Elisha.
(b) Saffron.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Jasmine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. Charles's friends from home earn money by smuggling what substance in from the Yucatan before selling it?

4. When Nic works as a barista, he gives the nickname of "Why bothers" (95) to people who order what drink?

5. David describes hearing "cacophonous music like a" ( ) during his first time using crystal methamphetamine?

(see the answer key)

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