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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. Down what highway does Karen chase Nic when she sees him drive past the family home?
(a) Highway 1.
(b) I-5.
(c) Highway 101.
(d) The I-10.

2. What objects does Nic include along with his note to Jasper?
(a) Eight Hershey's Kisses.
(b) Eight Jolly Ranchers.
(c) Eight marbles.
(d) Eight dollar bills.

3. What final advice does David give to the addicted young woman for whom he buys lunch?
(a) To go to rehab.
(b) To call her parents.
(c) To get some better friends.
(d) To move to the country.

4. Who checks on Nic at Hampshire College at David's behest?
(a) Nic's former English teacher.
(b) A friend of Karen's.
(c) A friend of David's.
(d) A friend of Nic's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nic's grandfather had died from years of abuse of what substance?

2. In what town do Karen and David attend their first Al-Anon meeting?

3. When David is at his wits' end with no news about Nic, who says they have been contacted by Nic?

4. What is the title of the article David writes for the New York Times Magazine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Sheff warn the parents of addicted children to avoid certain music?

2. How much more likely are addicts to have underlying mental health issues, in relation to the general population?

3. What new hobby does Nic take up around the time when David regains his memory after surviving a cerebral hemorrhage?

4. What does Sheff mean when he calls addiction an "equal-opportunity affliction" (177)?

5. What major medical emergency befalls David Sheff just before Nic's eighteenth birthday?

6. What do the majority of experts recommend with regard to the length of a rehab stay and the need for after-care?

7. Experts David consults say that addicts are skilled at exploiting what aspects of their parents?

8. What distinction does Sheff make between useful guilt and guilt that is not useful?

9. Discuss Sheff's use of the broken suitcase image to indicate the injured nature of his post-hemorrhage brain.

10. What does David describe as his usual routine when Nic goes missing?

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