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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. To whom does David attribute Nic's love for film directors such as Godard, Bergman, and Kurosawa?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Karen.
(c) Himself.
(d) Vicki.

2. David states that many symptoms of what types of disorders mimic the symptoms of drug abuse?
(a) Mental disorders.
(b) Personality disorders.
(c) Learning disabilities.
(d) Phobia disorders.

3. David characterizes Nic as a child who does what every time he encounters a puddle?
(a) Rolls in it.
(b) Walks around it.
(c) Splashes it on the nearest person.
(d) Stomps in it.

4. With whom did David first try crystal methamphetamine?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Vicki.
(c) Nic.
(d) Charles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?

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

3. When Nic misses his curfew for the first time after moving back home, for how long does he stay away?

4. David Sheff states in the introduction that he uses what literary device sparingly within the memoir?

5. A child development specialist tells David that the greatest changes take place in children's brains before they are how old and then again when they are teenagers?

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