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

2. Nic admits to his father that the drug scenes from what movie make him want to get high?
(a) The Big Lebowski.
(b) Trainspotting.
(c) Crank.
(d) Requiem for a Dream.

3. Randy, Nic's sponsor, buys Nic what item so that the two men can spend time together being active?
(a) A volleyball net.
(b) A soccer ball.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A snorkeling set.

4. Who advises David that he should not pull his son out of college due to Nic's recent relapse?
(a) Karen.
(b) Douglas Anglin.
(c) The health counselor at Hampshire College.
(d) Dr. Theodore Bielke.

5. What make of car does Nic drive?
(a) A Mazda.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Jeep.
(d) A Kia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When David calls the rehab facility at which Nic works, what do they report?

2. Right before Jasper goes into sixth grade and Daisy goes into fourth grade, David experiences what type of medical emergency?

3. Who is the author of the book Addict in the Family?

4. Who ends up helping Nic pay the debt he owes due to stealing checks from a family friend?

5. When Nic finally calls his father after a long period of being missing, he admits to being in the midst of a relapse on what two drugs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what purpose does Sheff use the shark and the cormorant simile?

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

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

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

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 element does Sheff name as "the bitterest irony of early sobriety" (228)?

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

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

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