View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Knapp feel at her sister's wedding?
(a) Optimistic that now she will get married as well.
(b) Happy for her sister and miserable for herself.
(c) World-weary and disgusted with marriage.
(d) Aloof from the whole event, which seems unreal.

2. What chemical does the brain release under the influence of alcohol?
(a) Pseudoephedrine.
(b) Epinephrine.
(c) Seratonin.
(d) Dopamine.

3. What does Knapp talk with her therapist about?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Julian.
(c) Money.
(d) Her parents.

4. How does Knapp say alcohol is seen in some circles?
(a) As an illness.
(b) As a religious exhilaration.
(c) As a sacred weakness.
(d) As a rite.

5. How does Julian treat Knapp after they move in together?
(a) He lists her flaws.
(b) He abuses her.
(c) He straightens her out.
(d) He adores everything about her.

6. How does Tess handle her physical situation?
(a) She drives off the road and is taken to the hospital.
(b) She goes to her boyfriend's house.
(c) She goes to the emergency room.
(d) She gets alcohol and goes home.

7. What does Knapp tell herself when she leaves the AA meeting?
(a) She'll never be one of those people.
(b) She's too embarrassed to ever come back.
(c) She'll quit drinking.
(d) She'll never go back.

8. How much does Michael drink?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Not much.
(c) A lot.
(d) Casually.

9. What do the test results in Chapter 8 indicate?
(a) That Knapp is in bad health.
(b) That Knapp is not cut out for graduate school.
(c) That Knapp is in the final stage of alcoholism.
(d) That Knapp is not damaging herself with her drinking.

10. What does Knapp remember of her father's last months?
(a) A perpetual stream of visitors.
(b) Constant fights and constant drinking.
(c) Forgiveness and peace.
(d) Hate and tension in the house.

11. What distance separated Knapp from Julian after he threw her out?
(a) Eighteen hundred miles.
(b) Sixty-five steps.
(c) Three thousand miles.
(d) Two blocks.

12. What does Knapp do when she goes to her first AA meeting?
(a) Walks out immediately.
(b) Yells at the drinkers.
(c) Watch the whole meeting.
(d) Tells all her stories.

13. How does Knapp think Julian saw her?
(a) As a failure in everything but drinking.
(b) As a desperate, fragile creature.
(c) As a competent career woman.
(d) As a funny and sophisticated woman.

14. What do Julian and Knapp do together as they get to know each other?
(a) Drink together.
(b) Take long hikes.
(c) Read in bed.
(d) Go to AA meetings.

15. What happened as Knapp ceases to eat?
(a) She was crumbling internally.
(b) She began to look like a cancer patient.
(c) She was dizzy and confused all the time.
(d) She felt divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sensation does the chemical that the brain releases create?

2. How does Knapp's sister's wedding make Knapp feel about her relationship?

3. How does Knapp describe Julian?

4. How does Michael feel about Knapp?

5. What does Knapp expect of Julian when she meets him?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 547 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample