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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nic and a friend make prank phone calls they have learned how to make by watching what television show?
(a) The Andy Griffith Show.
(b) Curb Your Enthusiasm.
(c) The Simpsons.
(d) Crank Yankers.

2. Whose suicide note serves as a source of Part I's epigraph?
(a) Sid Vicious.
(b) Freddy Prinze, Jr.
(c) Michael Hutchence.
(d) Kurt Cobain.

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

4. Methamphetamine triggers how many times the normal levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine?
(a) 10-20.
(b) 300-500.
(c) 5-10.
(d) 30-50.

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

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

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

8. Nic begins sixth grade at a new school in what location?
(a) Inverness.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Vallejo.
(d) Los Altos.

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

10. Nic's school is located on the campus of a former what?
(a) Oil refinery.
(b) Prison.
(c) Military academy.
(d) University.

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

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

13. About what topic does David educate Nic and his friends when he drives them to school each day?
(a) Country music.
(b) Blues music.
(c) Rock music.
(d) Bluegrass music.

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

15. What movie is Nic reviewing when he declares, "Great songs. Great crows" (25)?
(a) Bambi.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Dumbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nic works as a barista, he gives the nickname of "Why bothers" (95) to people who order what drink?

2. When Nic moves home from his first college, what is NOT a rule his parents insist that he follow?

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

4. David characterizes Nic as a child who does what every time he encounters a puddle?

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?

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