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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Nic moves home from his first college, what is NOT a rule his parents insist that he follow?
(a) He will go to therapy.
(b) He will pay rent.
(c) He will apply to other colleges.
(d) He will abide by a set curfew.

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

4. Who owns a small cabin in Inverness, California?
(a) Karen.
(b) David.
(c) Vicki.
(d) Nic.

5. 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 wants to die.
(b) He says he cannot go.
(c) He says he knows.
(d) He says he loves his father.

6. How old is Jasper the first time Nic is arrested?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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

8. David's college was chosen by which magazine as "one of the top party schools in the nation" (84)?
(a) Forbes.
(b) Glamour.
(c) Playboy.
(d) Esquire.

9. Nic decides to attend what university?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) The University of Washington.
(c) Arizona State University.
(d) The University of Illinois.

10. Nic is arrested for failing to appear in court after being cited for what crime?
(a) Methamphetamine possession.
(b) Public intoxication.
(c) Marijuana possession.
(d) Breaking and entering.

11. In addition to incompatibility, what else does David say occurs within his marriage to Vicki?
(a) He cheats on her with a family friend.
(b) She cheats on him with his brother.
(c) She cheats on him with a family friend.
(d) He cheats on her with her sister.

12. In what year did the FDA classify methamphetamine as a controlled substance?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1951.

13. When Nic calls David after missing curfew and disappearing for a while, where is he?
(a) In the Berkeley library.
(b) On the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) In an alley behind a bookstore.
(d) At the hospital.

14. Nic's teachers report that Nic is bright and usually engaged, but that once in a while, he seems what?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Spacey.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Forgetful.

15. In what year was methamphetamine first synthesized?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What movie is Nic reviewing when he declares, "Great songs. Great crows" (25)?

3. What university did David attend after high school?

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

5. How does Nic get out of jail the first time he is arrested?

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