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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 Nic's favorite record store?
(a) Tower Records.
(b) Amoeba Music.
(c) Everyday Music.
(d) Musician's Friend.

2. Statistics show that girls with divorced parents do NOT have what experience earlier than children with married biological parents?
(a) Higher chances of being heavy drug users in high school.
(b) Marriages of their own.
(c) Higher rates of depression.
(d) Sexual experiences.

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) Reno.
(d) Billings.

4. What is NOT a task Nic calls his father David to report taking during his longest period of sobriety within the narrative?
(a) He has secured a credit card.
(b) He has opened a bank account.
(c) He has saved some money.
(d) He has purchased a house.

5. The teacher of what subject at Hampshire College writes to David to express her sadness at the news of Nic's relapse?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had Nic been sober before relapsing and going missing for an extended period of time?

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

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

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

5. According to David, approximately what fraction of all first marriages end in divorce?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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