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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of residence does Nic live while he is attending Hampshire College?
(a) With his grandparents.
(b) A sober-living dormitory.
(c) A house off campus.
(d) An apartment on campus.

2. Who ends up helping Nic pay the debt he owes due to stealing checks from a family friend?
(a) Charles.
(b) David.
(c) Z.
(d) Vicki.

3. Which college is NOT included within the consortium to which Hampshire College belongs, allowing Nic to attend any one of four other colleges in addition to his own?
(a) The University of Massachusetts.
(b) Yale.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) Amherst College.

4. The teacher of what subject at Hampshire College writes to David to express her sadness at the news of Nic's relapse?
(a) Math.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Writing.
(d) Science.

5. The program into which Nic checks at Hazelden will last at least how long?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

6. According to David, approximately what fraction of all first marriages end in divorce?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/2.

7. What is NOT a task Nic calls his father David to report taking during his longest period of sobriety within the narrative?
(a) He has saved some money.
(b) He has purchased a house.
(c) He has secured a credit card.
(d) He has opened a bank account.

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

9. After begging his father to be put into another rehab program just after his near-fatal overdose, Nic takes what action?
(a) He assaults a nurse.
(b) He has a stroke.
(c) He calls his grandfather and asks for money.
(d) He rips out his IVs and leaves the hospital against doctors' orders.

10. What piece of information does David struggle to remember after he suffers a medical emergency?
(a) His own address.
(b) The month.
(c) Nic's phone number.
(d) Nic's birthday.

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

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

13. When Nic finally calls his father after a long period of being missing, he admits to being in the midst of a relapse on what two drugs?
(a) Methamphetamine and prescription opiates.
(b) Codeine and valium.
(c) Methamphetamine and heroin.
(d) Heroin and cocaine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Nic include along with his note to Jasper?

2. Nic admits to his father that he often dreams about what topic?

3. Nic's grandfather had died from years of abuse of what substance?

4. From what location had Nic been calling when he contacted a particular person during his long period of being missing?

5. Randy, Nic's sponsor, buys Nic what item so that the two men can spend time together being active?

(see the answer keys)

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