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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose suicide note serves as a source of Part I's epigraph?
2. Nic's school is located on the campus of a former what?
3. In her work focused on children of divorce, Dr. Judith Wallerstein found that what fraction of children with divorced parents "experienced moderate to severe depression" (68)?
4. When Nic calls David after missing curfew and disappearing for a while, where is he?
5. David's college was chosen by which magazine as "one of the top party schools in the nation" (84)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What pattern does David note in Nic's literary tastes in high school?
2. What is the cause of David's resentment toward Nic, even though David knows that he has an illness?
3. What major revelation does David make to the reader upon describing his son's admission of crystal meth use?
4. How does David react when Nic offers him a hit of a marijuana joint when they are out on a walk together?
5. What positive effects of marijuana does David describe in his own life?
6. What reason does Sheff provide for his decision to forego foreshadowing within the memoir?
7. Discuss Sheff's purpose for providing statistics about methamphetamine use in the introduction.
8. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the scene of Daisy's birth?
9. How is the theme of duality demonstrated in David's discussion of Nic's behavior with his younger siblings?
10. How does David react when he finds a baggie of marijuana in Nic's room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does David Sheff's memoir Beautiful Boy send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?
Essay Topic 2
How does Sheff's use of the first person point of view serve the author's purposes over the course of the memoir Beautiful Boy? Discuss how the author's choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Sheff's decision to include humor within the text of his memoir Beautiful Boy. What purpose did Sheff have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
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