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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Liquor seemed to ease what emotions for Knapp?
(a) Loneliness and emptiness.
(b) Affection and tenderness.
(c) Anxiety and sadness.
(d) Rage.

2. What did Knapp learn from her father's drinking?
(a) After the first martini, he would get belligerent.
(b) When he drank, he got sloppy and irresponsible.
(c) After his first bottle of wine, he would become expansive and tell stories.
(d) After a couple of drinks, he would relax.

3. How would Knapp make it through an evening with her boyfriend?
(a) She would go to the car to drink scotch.
(b) She would hide a flask in the sofa.
(c) She would not drink.
(d) She would wait until her boyfriend went to sleep to drink.

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

5. What does Knapp tell her boss when he asks about her injury?
(a) She tells him that she was chasing some kids.
(b) She says she fell down the stairs.
(c) She tells him that she was hit by a car.
(d) She says she hurt herself playing volleyball.

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

7. What did sex give Meg?
(a) The illusion of intimacy.
(b) The power of seductiveness.
(c) Faith in her attractiveness.
(d) Evidence of her own existence.

8. How does Knapp respond when her mother confronts her with the empty bottle?
(a) She enters rehab.
(b) She lies.
(c) She confesses.
(d) She accuses her mother of hypocrisy.

9. How old was Knapp when she fell in love with David?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty-eight.

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

11. What had Knapp done at night until she was sixteen, when she started drinking?
(a) Have nightmares.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Rock herself.
(d) Cry.

12. What are the two parts into which Knapp compartmentalizes her life?
(a) Drinking and family events.
(b) Work and drinking.
(c) Drinking and driving.
(d) Seeing friends and drinking.

13. How long was it after the accident before Knapp finally stopped drinking?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) A year.
(d) Six years.

14. When did Knapp sever ties with Roger?
(a) When David moved back.
(b) When David found out about the relationship.
(c) After David moved away.
(d) When another student caught them together.

15. What was David's upbringing like?
(a) He was filled with hope in his own potential.
(b) He was uncomplicated and caring.
(c) He was filled with unanswerable anxieties.
(d) He was tormented with apprehensions about his status.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of drunk was Knapp's friend Elaine?

2. Who did Knapp almost hurt, making her want to stop drinking?

3. What would Knapp do when she was drinking?

4. What caused Knapp to finally give up drinking?

5. Where does Knapp write her column?

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