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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Tess wakes up in the morning, as Knapp tells the story?
(a) She puts on her clothes and calls the police.
(b) She did not know where she was.
(c) She wakes up in the hospital.
(d) She gathers her things and leaves the hotel.

2. How does Knapp behave the last time Julian threw her out?
(a) She was taken away to the rehab clinic.
(b) He practically had to pry her fingers from the furniture.
(c) She burned all his letters to her in the sink.
(d) She left on good terms, with respect for each other.

3. What was Janet's weight like during college?
(a) She would never let herself get above a certain weight.
(b) It was never high enough.
(c) She kept a steady weight compulsively.
(d) It would balloon, then crash down.

4. What does Knapp expect of Julian when she meets him?
(a) He is going to understand her completely.
(b) He is going to force her to stop drinking.
(c) He is going to make her a better person.
(d) He is going to make drinking fun again.

5. What precipitated Knapp's last spiral of things getting worse?
(a) She wrecked her car.
(b) Michael and Julian found out about each other.
(c) She lost her job.
(d) Her father died.

6. What did Knapp learn at AA?
(a) Other people's experiences.
(b) How to hide her drinking.
(c) How to increase her tolerance.
(d) How to quit effectively.

7. How did Janet deal with the pain she felt?
(a) She drank till she blacked out.
(b) She made herself throw up.
(c) She studied.
(d) She cut herself.

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

9. How does Knapp's friend Janet realize that she is an alcoholic?
(a) She started prostituting herself.
(b) Her husband left her.
(c) She lost all her money.
(d) She had to be hospitalized.

10. How does Knapp react to the AA meeting?
(a) She warily makes a few friends.
(b) She breaks down and sobs.
(c) She brings an illicit flask.
(d) She rejects AA.

11. 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.

12. How do the percentages look for someone who has become an alcoholic?
(a) Not in favor of recovery.
(b) Fifty-fifty that they will not be tormented by drink again.
(c) Almost all alcoholics remain alcoholics.
(d) Their chances of recovery are fairly good.

13. How did Knapp's alcoholism relate to her bulimia and anorexia?
(a) It became a trigger.
(b) It took the edge off.
(c) It became a substition.
(d) They all combined to feed a compulsive need for love.

14. How does Knapp feel as she loses weight?
(a) She feels invisible to everyone.
(b) She feels superior to heavier women.
(c) She feels more insecure than ever.
(d) She feels safe from men's desire.

15. What happened around the time Knapp moved into a new apartment?
(a) Her car was repossessed.
(b) She was diagnosed with ovarian cysts.
(c) She declared bankruptcy.
(d) Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition is Knapp in when she goes to the therapist?

2. How does Knapp describe Janet?

3. What does Knapp remember of her father's last months?

4. How does drinking change for Knapp after her mother dies?

5. How do Knapp and Julian celebrate their decision to move in together?

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