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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. What elements does David name as being involved in the deaths of Charles's parents prior to Charles's enrollment in college?
(a) Jealousy and violence.
(b) Sex and alcohol.
(c) Fate and bad timing.
(d) Alcohol and drugs.

2. A child development specialist tells David that the greatest changes take place in children's brains before they are how old and then again when they are teenagers?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. When Nic misses his curfew for the first time after moving back home, for how long does he stay away?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 4. days.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 2 days.

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

5. Who calls David during Nic's freshman year to tell him he is failing?
(a) The principal.
(b) The vice principal.
(c) The registrar.
(d) The freshman dean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Nic's little brother?

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

3. What is the name of the girl with whom Nic is enamored in sixth grade?

4. David states that many symptoms of what types of disorders mimic the symptoms of drug abuse?

5. When Nic calls David after missing curfew and disappearing for a while, where is he?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the word everything?

2. How does David Sheff characterize his friend Charles?

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

4. What is the cause of David's resentment toward Nic, even though David knows that he has an illness?

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

6. What is Charles's first close call with drugs and how is David involved?

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

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

9. What is the author's purpose for using a quote from The Tempest as an epigraph for Part II?

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

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