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

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

3. What action does Nic take when car troubles cause him to miss an important job interview?
(a) He takes Daisy and Jasper bowling.
(b) He calls his father and they talk.
(c) He calls Randy and they go riding.
(d) He goes to the spa for the day.

4. What approach to addiction treatment rewards sobriety with small cash payments or vouchers for everyday needs?
(a) The Maslownian Response.
(b) The Bosnian Approach.
(c) The Freudian Response.
(d) The Skinnerian Approach.

5. David recalls a time when ten years prior, Nic had panicked while doing what activity?
(a) Climbing a tree.
(b) Climbing a jungle gym.
(c) Scaling a climbing wall.
(d) Climbing a set of monkey bars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie does David describe seeing as a portrait of "a wretched alcoholic" (180)?

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

3. In what decade of life was Nic's grandfather when he died from the effects of substance abuse?

4. To what location does David fly after finding out about Nic's overdose?

5. In an excerpt from Addict in the Family, its author states that addicts inevitably take what action with respect to their parents' past regrets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss Sheff's use of medical diction in order to depict the theme of family bonds.

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

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

5. What are the definitions of priming and cuing, behaviors that can lead to relapse?

6. What is the symbolism of Nic's note to Jasper?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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