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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. Once David finds out that Nic's phone has been pinging against towers in three states, whom does he call for help?
(a) The Portland Police and the FBI.
(b) The Reno Police and the FBI.
(c) The Billings Police and the FBI.
(d) The Sacramento Police and the FBI.

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

3. What type of facility is St. Helena Hospital?
(a) A drug rehabilitation facility.
(b) A medical hospital.
(c) A psychiatric hospital.
(d) An animal hospital.

4. For what reason is Nic reluctant to return to the Bay Area after his branch of the Hazelden closes?
(a) He associates the area with drugs.
(b) He knows that the area is too expensive for him.
(c) He believes that to make a success of his band, he must not live in the Bay Area.
(d) He associates the area with his recovering addict girlfriend, Z.

5. What two districts of San Francisco does David scour looking for Nic?
(a) The Castro district and the Mission district.
(b) The Mission district and the Nob Hill district.
(c) The Financial district and the Nob Hill district.
(d) The Haight-Ashbury district and the Mission district.

Short Answer Questions

1. The program into which Nic checks at Hazelden will last at least how long?

2. What approach to addiction treatment rewards sobriety with small cash payments or vouchers for everyday needs?

3. Nic admits to his father that he often dreams about what topic?

4. In what area of the United States is St. Helena Hospital located?

5. Who advises David that he should not pull his son out of college due to Nic's recent relapse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what purpose does Sheff use the allusion to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

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

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

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

6. In what way is the theme of hope demonstrated in David's mention of St. Helena Hospital?

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

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

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

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

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