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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Drinking Alone, (pg 102-120).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Knapp feel when she was living alone?
(a) Intimidated and depressed.
(b) Out of control and angry.
(c) Gleeful and independent.
(d) Quietly satisfied and organized.

2. How did Knapp almost hurt people?
(a) By beating them.
(b) By cutting them.
(c) By hitting them with her car.
(d) By falling on them.

3. What does Knapp say was the benefit of living by herself?
(a) Not having to hide her drinking.
(b) Not having to wash dishes.
(c) Being able to leave her messes.
(d) Having her own washer and dryer.

4. Knapp was always careful not to be alone with which of her friends' fathers?
(a) Abby.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Sherry.
(d) Drew.

5. What does Knapp find when she tries to identify the influence that made her an alcoholic?
(a) She identifies the childhood trauma that disposes her to alcoholism.
(b) It is impossible to pinpoint one influence.
(c) She realizes that her parents disposed her to alcoholism with their genes.
(d) She blames a society in which alcohol was ubiquitous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people around Knapp see her?

2. Where would Knapp escape to when she needed to get out of her apartment?

3. What kinds of things would Knapp obsessively yearn for?

4. When Knapp met her friend for drinks, how did Knapp feel after the drinks had kicked in?

5. What does Knapp realize about drinking after years of therapy?

(see the answer key)

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