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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nic's teachers report that Nic is bright and usually engaged, but that once in a while, he seems what?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Forgetful.
(c) Spacey.
(d) Lonely.

2. From what country was the chemist who first synthesized amphetamine?
(a) Germany.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Austria.
(d) Italy.

3. Nic decides that his choice of college had been a mistake and that he would do better at what type of college?
(a) An art college.
(b) A smaller college.
(c) A more progressive college.
(d) A more studious college.

4. In addition to incompatibility, what else does David say occurs within his marriage to Vicki?
(a) He cheats on her with her sister.
(b) He cheats on her with a family friend.
(c) She cheats on him with his brother.
(d) She cheats on him with a family friend.

5. About what topic does David educate Nic and his friends when he drives them to school each day?
(a) Bluegrass music.
(b) Rock music.
(c) Country music.
(d) Blues music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nic begins sixth grade at a new school in what location?

2. What drug does David name as the most prevalent one in the schools he had attended?

3. By 1948, legal methamphetamines were used by 5% of what country's 16-25-year-olds?

4. David describes hearing "cacophonous music like a" ( ) during his first time using crystal methamphetamine?

5. David notes that "tests of marijuana have shown that there is twice as much THC in the average joint or pipeful today than in the weed of" (51) how long ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What positive effects of marijuana does David describe in his own life?

2. How does David react when Nic offers him a hit of a marijuana joint when they are out on a walk together?

3. What pattern does David note in Nic's literary tastes in high school?

4. What major revelation does David make to the reader upon describing his son's admission of crystal meth use?

5. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the scene of Daisy's birth?

6. What is the first altercation between David and Nic about Nic's use of substances?

7. What advice do many "drug counselors tell parents" of David's "generation" (52) with respect to drug use and honesty?

8. Which of Nic's childhood heroes commits suicide?

9. What negative milestone takes place in Nic's life takes place just before Nic's eighteenth birthday?

10. What kinds of contradictory advice does David receive about Nic when Nic is getting into trouble as a teenager?

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