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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. About how many miles separate David from Vicki once she moves away from the Bay Area?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 30.
(d) 800.

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

5. David characterizes Nic as a child who does what every time he encounters a puddle?
(a) Stomps in it.
(b) Walks around it.
(c) Rolls in it.
(d) Splashes it on the nearest person.

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

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

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

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

10. At what time of day is Nic born?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dusk.

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. In her work focused on children of divorce, Dr. Judith Wallerstein found that what fraction of children with divorced parents "experienced moderate to severe depression" (68)?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-quarter.
(d) Two-thirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. The initial use of amphetamine for medical purposes was for what malady?

2. Nic is arrested for failing to appear in court after being cited for what crime?

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

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

5. David's college was chosen by which magazine as "one of the top party schools in the nation" (84)?

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