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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: whatever, Chapters 12-14 and Part IV: if only, Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What final advice does David give to the addicted young woman for whom he buys lunch?
(a) To call her parents.
(b) To move to the country.
(c) To get some better friends.
(d) To go to rehab.

2. At what location do David and Nic agree to meet the day that Nic is very late?
(a) Steps of Rome restaurant.
(b) The Exploratorium.
(c) The library.
(d) Fisherman's Wharf.

3. In what year was amphetamine first synthesized?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1976.

4. When thinking about how Nic is unlike the children his age affected by addiction, what is NOT an adjective David applies to Nic?
(a) Loving.
(b) Diligent.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Open.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. David wryly notes that thinking about relapse being a part of recovery is "like saying that a plane crash is good training for" (166) what?

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

5. Who calls David during Nic's freshman year to tell him he is failing?

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