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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Nic misses his curfew for the first time after moving back home, for how long does he stay away?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 4. days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 6 hours.

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

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

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

9. When David was still a young child, his family moved from Massachusetts to what state?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

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

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

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

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

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

15. To whom does David attribute Nic's love for film directors such as Godard, Bergman, and Kurosawa?
(a) Vicki.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Karen.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does David use to describe Nic's kindergarten in San Francisco?

2. Whom does David quote as saying, "Home is a holy thing" (67)?

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true with respect to amphetamine versus methamphetamine?

4. When thinking about how Nic is unlike the children his age affected by addiction, what is NOT an adjective David applies to Nic?

5. What university did David attend after high school?

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