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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. Whose suicide note serves as a source of Part I's epigraph?
(a) Michael Hutchence.
(b) Freddy Prinze, Jr.
(c) Kurt Cobain.
(d) Sid Vicious.

2. What is NOT something listed among the things Vicki and David divide upon their divorce?
(a) Their German shepherd.
(b) Their young son.
(c) Their art.
(d) Their china.

3. The initial use of amphetamine for medical purposes was for what malady?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Depression.
(d) Lethargy.

4. David's college was chosen by which magazine as "one of the top party schools in the nation" (84)?
(a) Forbes.
(b) Esquire.
(c) Glamour.
(d) Playboy.

5. The child development specialist tells David that "teenagers with drug problems will not be prepared for" (98) what?
(a) Decision-making.
(b) Their own demise.
(c) The devastating consequences.
(d) Adult roles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who owns a small cabin in Inverness, California?

3. In what year was amphetamine first synthesized?

4. David's roommate in college was a student named Charles who hailed from which New York City borough?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does David Sheff characterize his friend Charles?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the setting depicted in the introduction.

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