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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David describes hearing "cacophonous music like a" ( ) during his first time using crystal methamphetamine?
(a) Carnival midway.
(b) Calliope.
(c) Nickelodeon.
(d) Accordian.

2. How does David feel about joint custody?
(a) He likes it.
(b) He has a love/hate relationship with it.
(c) He tolerates it.
(d) He loathes it.

3. David asserts that he and Vicki are "among the first generation of" (19) what kind of parents?
(a) Parochial.
(b) Self-conscious.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Secular.

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

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 knows.
(c) He says he loves his father.
(d) He says he cannot go.

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

7. Nic decides that his choice of college had been a mistake and that he would do better at what type of college?
(a) A more progressive college.
(b) An art college.
(c) A smaller college.
(d) A more studious college.

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

9. Before taking up surfing, Nic had never wanted to go to the beach for what reason?
(a) He had not wanted to get sandy.
(b) He had not wanted to show his body.
(c) He had not wanted to get a sunburn.
(d) He had liked video games better than nature.

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

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

12. When Nic works as a barista, he gives the nickname of "Why bothers" (95) to people who order what drink?
(a) Breves with no foam.
(b) Cappuccinos made with decaf espresso and fat-free milk.
(c) Americanos with no sweetener.
(d) Cups of black coffee.

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

14. The initial use of amphetamine for medical purposes was for what malady?
(a) Lethargy.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Depression.

15. What is the name of Nic's little brother?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Randall.
(d) Elton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?

2. Nic and a friend make prank phone calls they have learned how to make by watching what television show?

3. In what year does David first use marijuana?

4. How old is Jasper the first time Nic is arrested?

5. The child development specialist tells David that "teenagers with drug problems will not be prepared for" (98) what?

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