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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David recalls a time when ten years prior, Nic had panicked while doing what activity?
(a) Climbing a set of monkey bars.
(b) Climbing a tree.
(c) Climbing a jungle gym.
(d) Scaling a climbing wall.

2. From what location had Nic been calling when he contacted a particular person during his long period of being missing?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) Billings.

3. What type of facility is St. Helena Hospital?
(a) A psychiatric hospital.
(b) A drug rehabilitation facility.
(c) A medical hospital.
(d) An animal hospital.

4. For what reason is Nic reluctant to return to the Bay Area after his branch of the Hazelden closes?
(a) He associates the area with drugs.
(b) He believes that to make a success of his band, he must not live in the Bay Area.
(c) He knows that the area is too expensive for him.
(d) He associates the area with his recovering addict girlfriend, Z.

5. What is Nic's favorite record store?
(a) Amoeba Music.
(b) Tower Records.
(c) Everyday Music.
(d) Musician's Friend.

6. Randy, Nic's sponsor, buys Nic what item so that the two men can spend time together being active?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A snorkeling set.
(c) A soccer ball.
(d) A volleyball net.

7. How long after Nic's breakup with Z. does he stop returning his father David's phone calls?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 month.

8. What movie do Nic and David see together the night before he checks into the Hazelden?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Boogie Nights.
(c) There Will Be Blood.
(d) Punch Drunk Love.

9. When David calls the rehab facility at which Nic works, what do they report?
(a) They say he is delivering a prescription to a customer.
(b) They say he is out running an errand.
(c) They say he has not shown up to work in two days.
(d) They say he has just been given a promotion.

10. In an excerpt from Addict in the Family, its author states that addicts inevitably take what action with respect to their parents' past regrets?
(a) They mirror them in their own parenting styles.
(b) They exploit them.
(c) They memorize them.
(d) They are traumatized by them.

11. Nic finds a job at a rehab facility called what?
(a) Beaches.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Promises.
(d) Sandals.

12. After closing one of its branches, the Hazelden does continue to run an outpatient program in what location?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Portland.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Queens.

13. What word have Nic and David always used to affirm their love for one another?
(a) Forever.
(b) Squeezes.
(c) Always.
(d) Everything.

14. When David asks the wireless operator to trace the location of Nic's cell phone, what is NOT a city she reports to him?
(a) Reno.
(b) Billings.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Portland.

15. What final advice does David give to the addicted young woman for whom he buys lunch?
(a) To move to the country.
(b) To go to rehab.
(c) To get some better friends.
(d) To call her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the United States is St. Helena Hospital located?

2. What piece of information does David struggle to remember after he suffers a medical emergency?

3. While attending Hampshire College, Nic finds a sponsor who is a graduate student attending what college?

4. Who flies east with Nic to help him get settled at Hampshire College?

5. When the woman at Al-Anon tells a story about considering suicide but deciding against it, what event befalls her directly afterwards?

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