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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two districts of San Francisco does David scour looking for Nic?
(a) The Mission district and the Nob Hill district.
(b) The Haight-Ashbury district and the Mission district.
(c) The Castro district and the Mission district.
(d) The Financial district and the Nob Hill district.

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

3. In what area of the United States is St. Helena Hospital located?
(a) The Florida Panhandle.
(b) The Northwest coast.
(c) Napa Valley.
(d) The Midwest.

4. How does David interpret Nic's glance over his shoulder as the two drive up to St. Helena Hospital?
(a) He believes that Nic is worried about imagined assassins.
(b) He believes that Nic is about to make a run for it.
(c) He believes that Nic is thinking about Vicki.
(d) He believes that Nic is thinking about

5. At what location do David and Nic agree to meet the day that Nic is very late?
(a) The Exploratorium.
(b) The library.
(c) Steps of Rome restaurant.
(d) Fisherman's Wharf.

6. 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 associates the area with his recovering addict girlfriend, Z.
(d) He knows that the area is too expensive for him.

7. What movie does David describe seeing as a portrait of "a wretched alcoholic" (180)?
(a) Sideways.
(b) Days of Wine and Roses.
(c) The Lost Weekend.
(d) Weekend at Bernie's.

8. When the woman at Al-Anon tells a story about considering suicide but deciding against it, what event befalls her directly afterwards?
(a) Her car is towed.
(b) She gets a speeding ticket.
(c) She gets into a car accident.
(d) She goes missing on her way home.

9. What approach to addiction treatment rewards sobriety with small cash payments or vouchers for everyday needs?
(a) The Bosnian Approach.
(b) The Skinnerian Approach.
(c) The Maslownian Response.
(d) The Freudian Response.

10. What is NOT one of the three C's taught by Al-Anon?
(a) You cannot cure it.
(b) You can care too much.
(c) You cannot control it.
(d) You did not cause it.

11. In what location does one side of Nic's family reunite with him for the first time since his major relapse?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Puerto Rico.

12. 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 exploit them.
(b) They memorize them.
(c) They are traumatized by them.
(d) They mirror them in their own parenting styles.

13. Studies have shown that what elements "change an addict's vital signs" (206)?
(a) Cues.
(b) Phases.
(c) Stressors.
(d) Cravings.

14. To what location does David fly after finding out about Nic's overdose?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) Massachusetts.

15. The experts whom David consults agree that the first step toward methamphetamine recovery must be what?
(a) Assessment.
(b) Implementation.
(c) Cognitive therapy.
(d) Drug replacement therapy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who advises David that he should not pull his son out of college due to Nic's recent relapse?

3. What branch of the Hazelden closes in December of the year in which Nic is in treatment?

4. Part V begins with an excerpt of the script from what film?

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

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