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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What potential consequences do the test results confront Knapp with?
(a) Failing out of school
(b) Liver damage, infertility and cancer.
(c) Lung cancer and emphysema.
(d) Losing her teeth.

3. What does Knapp think about William?
(a) He is in denial.
(b) He is right about her drinking.
(c) He does not understand drinking.
(d) He is helpful as she tries to quit.

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

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

6. What sensation does the chemical that the brain releases create?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Exaltation.
(d) Calm.

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

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

9. What was Knapp's logic about drinking?
(a) Nothing bad happened, so why stop?
(b) It was a good form of revenge against her family and the world.
(c) She was an alcoholic and couldn't help herself.
(d) It wasn't hurting anyone but herself.

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

11. How long after the move does Knapp see her therapist?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) The next day.
(c) A few months.
(d) A month.

12. How do Knapp and Julian celebrate their decision to move in together?
(a) By abstaining from drinking.
(b) With a banquet with their friends.
(c) With beer and burritos.
(d) With wine.

13. How does Knapp feel after she and Michael sleep together for the first time?
(a) She can't stop thinking about how they made love.
(b) She obsesses over whether she should be home waiting for Julian's call.
(c) She worries about whether she is being good enough for Michael.
(d) She is deliriously happy.

14. How does Knapp's sister's wedding make Knapp feel about her relationship?
(a) She feels her relationship is failing.
(b) She sees what she will need to do to get married.
(c) She is confident that she is on the way to being married too.
(d) She knows that the relationship is wrong for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michael feel about Knapp?

2. How does Knapp react to the AA meeting?

3. How do the percentages look for someone who has become an alcoholic?

4. What motivates Knapp to stay sober?

5. Who was William?

(see the answer keys)

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