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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Knapp feel for her first year living alone?
(a) Depressed and fragile.
(b) Psychotic and delirious.
(c) Stable and organized.
(d) Unstable and anxious.

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

3. Which friend of Knapp's had raging alcoholism in the family?
(a) Abby.
(b) Drew.
(c) Lauren.
(d) Lawrence.

4. Where did Knapp's mother find Knapp's empty bottle after Knapp's father died?
(a) Behind the toilet.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the cabinet.
(d) In the trash.

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

6. What does Knapp realize about drinking after years of therapy?
(a) It replaced her emotions with false emotion.
(b) It stopped her from experiencing things.
(c) It turned her into her true self.
(d) It convinced her of many untrue things.

7. How did the people around Knapp see her?
(a) Tightly wound and controlling.
(b) Organized and sophisticated.
(c) Messy and disorganized.
(d) Insecure and hysterical.

8. What did drinking make Knapp feel?
(a) It melted the hurt and distress.
(b) It fortified her against the things that hurt.
(c) It made her angry enough to endure the pain.
(d) It made her invisible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What did Roger do for Knapp?
(a) Got her into school.
(b) Got her into rehab.
(c) Got her out of jail.
(d) Guided her through her major.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knapp tell her boss when he asks about her injury?

2. How hard was it for Knapp to quit drinking?

3. Who was Knapp's boyfriend at the time when her father died?

4. What would Knapp do when she escaped from her apartment?

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

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