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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. Whom does Nic call his "worry doctor" (22)?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His therapist.
(c) His dentist.
(d) His mother.

2. Nic is arrested for failing to appear in court after being cited for what crime?
(a) Public intoxication.
(b) Methamphetamine possession.
(c) Marijuana possession.
(d) Breaking and entering.

3. When thinking about how Nic is unlike the children his age affected by addiction, what is NOT an adjective David applies to Nic?
(a) Loving.
(b) Open.
(c) Diligent.
(d) Cautious.

4. David's roommate in college was a student named Charles who hailed from which New York City borough?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Queens.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. When Nic calls David after missing curfew and disappearing for a while, where is he?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) On the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) In an alley behind a bookstore.
(d) In the Berkeley library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles's friends from home earn money by smuggling what substance in from the Yucatan before selling it?

2. When David picks Nic up after he has been missing for the first time, he tells Nic that Nic must now go to rehab and that there is no other choice. What is Nic's response?

3. The child development specialist tells David that "teenagers with drug problems will not be prepared for" (98) what?

4. David relates that Charles died on the eve of what day?

5. David characterizes Nic as a child who does what every time he encounters a puddle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the symbolism of the word everything?

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

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

5. Describe the setting depicted in the introduction.

6. For what purpose does David Sheff use an allusion to the film Welcome to the Dollhouse at the opening of Chapter 6?

7. Discuss Sheff's purpose for providing statistics about methamphetamine use in the introduction.

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

9. What approach does David take in his stance with Nic about the topic of illicit drugs?

10. How is the theme of duality demonstrated in David's discussion of Nic's behavior with his younger siblings?

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