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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. According to David, approximately what percentage of all second marriages end in divorce?
(a) 40%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 75%.

2. How long after Nic's breakup with Z. does he stop returning his father David's phone calls?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 month.

3. After begging his father to be put into another rehab program just after his near-fatal overdose, Nic takes what action?
(a) He calls his grandfather and asks for money.
(b) He has a stroke.
(c) He assaults a nurse.
(d) He rips out his IVs and leaves the hospital against doctors' orders.

4. While attending Hampshire College, Nic finds a sponsor who is a graduate student attending what college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Amherst College.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) The University of Massachusetts.

5. What is NOT a piece of evidence that tells the author and his wife that Nic has broken into the family home?
(a) David's desk drawers have been ransacked.
(b) The deadbolt on their bedroom door is broken.
(c) Cash is missing from Karen's jewelry box.
(d) The redwood door has been splintered beyond repair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part V begins with an excerpt of the script from what film?

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

3. What movie do Nic and David see together the night before he checks into the Hazelden?

4. Once David finds out that Nic's phone has been pinging against towers in three states, whom does he call for help?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Discuss examples of contingency management strategies that have been shown to be effective in managing addiction.

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

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

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

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

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