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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. What word have Nic and David always used to affirm their love for one another?
2. What movie do Nic and David see together the night before he checks into the Hazelden?
3. For what reason is Nic reluctant to return to the Bay Area after his branch of the Hazelden closes?
4. What is Nic's favorite record store?
5. Nic's grandfather had died from years of abuse of what substance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What distinction does Sheff make between blame and accountability?
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 new hobby does Nic take up around the time when David regains his memory after surviving a cerebral hemorrhage?
4. What is the symbolism of Nic's note to Jasper?
5. What distinction does Sheff make between useful guilt and guilt that is not useful?
6. How late is Nic when he sets a lunch date with his father at the restaurant Steps of Rome?
7. What does David describe as his usual routine when Nic goes missing?
8. Discuss Sheff's use of medical diction in order to depict the theme of family bonds.
9. In what way is the theme of hope demonstrated in David's mention of St. Helena Hospital?
10. What are the definitions of priming and cuing, behaviors that can lead to relapse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the connection Sheff draws between his own experiences as the father of an addict and the state of the opioid crisis plaguing twenty-first century America.
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is David Sheff's memoir Beautiful Boy sending about the state of the drug rehabilitation industry in America?
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