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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of things would Knapp obsessively yearn for?
(a) Staying high all the time.
(b) Writing ethereal poetry.
(c) Getting close to nature.
(d) Making new friends.

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

3. How did Knapp's drinking change in the last six months of her drinking?
(a) She was constantly drunk.
(b) She scheduled her drinking.
(c) She was hiding bottles everywhere.
(d) She was drinking all the time.

4. How would Knapp get through dinner with her boyfriend's parents?
(a) She would leave early and get her own bottle.
(b) She would drink at the bar.
(c) She would tell racy stories and get them drinking.
(d) She would bring a flask for herself.

5. What was Knapp's relationship with David like at the beginning?
(a) They lived in the same city and saw each other often.
(b) They knew each other for a long time before they got together.
(c) It was a long distance relationship.
(d) They moved in together immediately.

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

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

8. Where did Knapp move after college?
(a) Portland, ME.
(b) Provincetown, MA.
(c) Providence, RI.
(d) Worcester, MA.

9. What caused Knapp to finally give up drinking?
(a) She tried to kill herself a number of times.
(b) She was imprisoned and dried out there.
(c) She hit someone's car.
(d) She almost seriously injured two children.

10. What does Knapp's memoir describe?
(a) The effect of her drinking on her relationships and emotions.
(b) The cost of the damage she caused by drinking.
(c) The grief Knapp felt over the things she lost because of alcohol.
(d) The visions Knapp saw under the influence.

11. What behavior of Knapp's started to worry her friends and family?
(a) She would call people while she was drunk.
(b) She would drive after drinking.
(c) She would go home with strange men.
(d) She would black out.

12. When Knapp met her friend for drinks, how long would it take before the drinks kicked in?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Thirty minutes.

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

14. What would Meg feel the morning after a night of anonymous sex?
(a) Unanswerable sexual longing.
(b) Intoxicating rage.
(c) Emptiness and disgust.
(d) Regret and sorrow.

15. What did alcohol do for Knapp's body image?
(a) It helped her feel invisible.
(b) It helped her feel loved.
(c) It helped her let go and enjoy sex.
(d) It helped her forget she had a body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Knapp's mantra?

2. What did Roger do for Knapp?

3. How does Alex describe himself?

4. What does Knapp wonder when she wakes up hung over, in bed with a strange man?

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

(see the answer keys)

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