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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects does Nic include along with his note to Jasper?
(a) Eight dollar bills.
(b) Eight marbles.
(c) Eight Hershey's Kisses.
(d) Eight Jolly Ranchers.

2. During one desperate email to his mother Vicki, Nic states that AA makes him feel what emotion?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Encouragement.
(c) Shame.
(d) Emptiness.

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

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

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

6. In what decade of life was Nic's grandfather when he died from the effects of substance abuse?
(a) 70s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 50s.

7. What book does Nic pick up reading to his younger siblings where he had left off more than two years prior?
(a) The Witches.
(b) Goodnight Moon.
(c) The Catcher in the Rye.
(d) The Hobbit.

8. When David is at his wits' end with no news about Nic, who says they have been contacted by Nic?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Z.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Daisy.

9. What is NOT a piece of evidence that tells the author and his wife that Nic has broken into the family home?
(a) The deadbolt on their bedroom door is broken.
(b) Cash is missing from Karen's jewelry box.
(c) The redwood door has been splintered beyond repair.
(d) David's desk drawers have been ransacked.

10. 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

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

12. 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 knows that the area is too expensive for him.
(c) He believes that to make a success of his band, he must not live in the Bay Area.
(d) He associates the area with his recovering addict girlfriend, Z.

13. Who advises David that he should not pull his son out of college due to Nic's recent relapse?
(a) Karen.
(b) Douglas Anglin.
(c) Dr. Theodore Bielke.
(d) The health counselor at Hampshire College.

14. In what town do Karen and David attend their first Al-Anon meeting?
(a) Florence.
(b) Santa Clarita.
(c) Novato.
(d) San Juan Batista.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In an excerpt from Addict in the Family, its author states that addicts inevitably take what action with respect to their parents' past regrets?

2. Down what highway does Karen chase Nic when she sees him drive past the family home?

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

4. What type of facility is St. Helena Hospital?

5. What movie does David describe seeing as a portrait of "a wretched alcoholic" (180)?

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