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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: if only, Chapters 18-19 and Part V: never any knowing, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nic's grandfather had died from years of abuse of what substance?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Methamphetamine.
(c) Barbiturates.
(d) Alcohol.

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

3. David Sheff states in the introduction that he uses what literary device sparingly within the memoir?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What zoo does Nic often visit as a child?
(a) San Francisco Zoo.
(b) San Diego Zoo.
(c) Portland Zoo.
(d) Sacramento Zoo.

5. During one desperate email to his mother Vicki, Nic states that AA makes him feel what emotion?
(a) Shame.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Disgust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nic admits to his father that he often dreams about what topic?

2. David reports that when Z. breaks up with Nic, he is devastated, but rather than using, he takes what action?

3. Randy, Nic's sponsor, buys Nic what item so that the two men can spend time together being active?

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

5. David's roommate in college was a student named Charles who hailed from which New York City borough?

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