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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 piece of information does David struggle to remember after he suffers a medical emergency?
(a) Nic's phone number.
(b) His own address.
(c) Nic's birthday.
(d) The month.

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

3. When David asks the wireless operator to trace the location of Nic's cell phone, what is NOT a city she reports to him?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Portland.
(c) Billings.
(d) Reno.

4. From what location had Nic been calling when he contacted a particular person during his long period of being missing?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) Billings.

5. What is the name for an object, situation, person, or feeling that creates overwhelming feeling of craving in an addict?
(a) A phase.
(b) A signal.
(c) A cue.
(d) A tone.

Short Answer Questions

1. David recalls a time when ten years prior, Nic had panicked while doing what activity?

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

3. What type of facility is St. Helena Hospital?

4. David wryly notes that thinking about relapse being a part of recovery is "like saying that a plane crash is good training for" (166) what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Sheff list as people and organizations he at times blames for Nic's problems, before returning to the idea that Nic has a disease that causes his bad behavior?

2. What are the effects of David Sheff's medical emergency?

3. How late is Nic when he sets a lunch date with his father at the restaurant Steps of Rome?

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

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

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

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

8. What distinction does Sheff make between blame and accountability?

9. What is the main element of twelve-step recovery programs that Nic rejects?

10. What observation does Nic make about the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco?

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