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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the prevailing view of women's bodies when Meg and Knapp were growing up?
(a) They were encouraged to see themselves through other women's eyes.
(b) They were reduced to sex symbols.
(c) They were not told to embrace their bodies.
(d) They were not encouraged to think of themselves as attractive.

2. What was Knapp's mantra?
(a) Everyone does it.
(b) This doesn't change anything.
(c) What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
(d) Liquor eases, soothes, protects.

3. What activity would appear on Knapp's list of things to do?
(a) Call her parents.
(b) Get help for drinking.
(c) Take writing workshops.
(d) Get a job.

4. What drink was Knapp especially fond of when she was living on her own?
(a) Gin.
(b) Beer.
(c) White wine.
(d) Whisky.

5. What was Knapp's father's line of work?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Psychiatrist.

6. What was Knapp like in her personal life?
(a) Creative and thoughtful.
(b) Out of control.
(c) Miserable and vengeful.
(d) Depressive and ineffective.

7. How did her friendship with Elaine make Knapp feel about herself?
(a) Wealthier.
(b) Less dysfunctional.
(c) More intelligent.
(d) Poorer.

8. When was Knapp's longing strongest?
(a) When she gets out of work.
(b) She longs for what drinking gives her all the time.
(c) When she wakes up every morning.
(d) She does not always know what she wants.

9. Who is Alice K?
(a) A woman Knapp meets in AA.
(b) Knapp's alter ego.
(c) Knapp's drinking companion.
(d) Knapp's boss.

10. Who was Knapp's boyfriend at the time when her father died?
(a) David.
(b) Edward.
(c) Julien.
(d) Michael.

11. What would Knapp do when she escaped from her apartment?
(a) Eat.
(b) Take long runs.
(c) Drink at the bar.
(d) Write stories.

12. Knapp's first drunk resulted from what drink?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Gin.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

13. Who would Knapp meet for drinks after work when she was younger?
(a) Her father.
(b) Michael.
(c) Sam.
(d) Julien.

14. What would Knapp do if she felt that she did not have enough in her glass?
(a) Pour out her drink and ask for another.
(b) Get belligerent.
(c) Obsess about how to get more alcohol.
(d) Sleep with the bartender.

15. What happened when Knapp was a sophomore in college?
(a) She slept with a friend after her birthday party.
(b) She fell asleep in the snow and got hypothermia.
(c) She slept with two friends in the same night.
(d) She started to be anorexic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Knapp to finally give up drinking?

2. How often would Knapp drink?

3. What significance did David have in Knapp's life?

4. How old was Knapp when she first got drunk?

5. What injury did Knapp actually cause in her accident?

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