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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nic admits to his father that the drug scenes from what movie make him want to get high?
(a) The Big Lebowski.
(b) Requiem for a Dream.
(c) Trainspotting.
(d) Crank.

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

3. Nic's grandfather had died from years of abuse of what substance?
(a) Methamphetamine.
(b) Barbiturates.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cocaine.

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

5. 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) Heroin and cocaine.
(b) Codeine and valium.
(c) Methamphetamine and prescription opiates.
(d) Methamphetamine and heroin.

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

7. 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) Mount Holyoke.
(b) Yale.
(c) Amherst College.
(d) The University of Massachusetts.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. Once David finds out that Nic's phone has been pinging against towers in three states, whom does he call for help?
(a) The Portland Police and the FBI.
(b) The Reno Police and the FBI.
(c) The Billings Police and the FBI.
(d) The Sacramento Police and the FBI.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does David interpret Nic's glance over his shoulder as the two drive up to St. Helena Hospital?

3. In what location does one side of Nic's family reunite with him for the first time since his major relapse?

4. When David asks the wireless operator to trace the location of Nic's cell phone, what is NOT a city she reports to him?

5. About how many people does David say attend the first Al-Anon meeting that he and Karen attend?

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