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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Illicit methamphetamine labs are said to have emerged in San Francisco in what year?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

4. At what age does Nic start traveling back and forth between his two homes unaccompanied by an adult?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

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

8. In what year does David first use marijuana?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1983.

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

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

11. After listing a myriad of impressions at which Nic is skilled, David says that Nic's best impression is of whom?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) Jack Nicholson.
(d) Humphrey Bogart.

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

13. What is the name of the girl with whom Nic is enamored in sixth grade?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Skye.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Theresa.

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

15. How does Nic get out of jail the first time he is arrested?
(a) His charges are dismissed.
(b) He serves his sentence.
(c) He escapes.
(d) David bails him out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nic begins sixth grade at a new school in what location?

2. In addition to incompatibility, what else does David say occurs within his marriage to Vicki?

3. By 1948, legal methamphetamines were used by 5% of what country's 16-25-year-olds?

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

5. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?

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