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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) The Tempest.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) The Merry Wives of Windsor.

2. David relates that Charles died on the eve of what day?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Charles's third sobriety anniversary.
(c) Charles's fortieth birthday.
(d) David's fortieth birthday.

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true with respect to amphetamine versus methamphetamine?
(a) It is possible to intravenously use methamphetamine, but not to intravenously use amphetamine.
(b) Methamphetamine results in fewer overdoses than does amphetamine.
(c) Methamphetamine is easier to make than amphetamine is.
(d) Methamphetamine is more potent than amphetamine.

4. Whom does David quote as saying, "Home is a holy thing" (67)?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Phyllis Wheatley.

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

6. David names which Spike Lee film as one of Nic's very favorite movies?
(a) Do the Right Thing.
(b) How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
(c) Bamboozled.
(d) Jungle Fever.

7. Charles's friends from home earn money by smuggling what substance in from the Yucatan before selling it?
(a) Psychedelic mushrooms.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Opium.
(d) Marijuana.

8. Who calls David during Nic's freshman year to tell him he is failing?
(a) The principal.
(b) The registrar.
(c) The vice principal.
(d) The freshman dean.

9. What adjective does David use to describe Nic's kindergarten in San Francisco?
(a) Snobby.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Expensive.
(d) Enriching.

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

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

12. What university did David attend after high school?
(a) The University of Arizona.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Harvard College.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From what country was the chemist who first synthesized amphetamine?

4. 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?

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

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