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

2. What does Knapp do in addition to ceasing to eat?
(a) She studies harder than ever.
(b) She begins to use cocaine.
(c) She works out compulsively.
(d) She calls everyone she knows and yells at them.

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

4. How does Knapp describe Julian?
(a) Intellectual, refined.
(b) Accepting, unmotivated.
(c) Open, easy-going.
(d) Snobby, judgmental.

5. What results does Knapp list at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Her liver and lung tests.
(b) The quiz she took on alcoholism.
(c) The pregnancy test she took.
(d) Her graduate school entrance exams.

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

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

8. How does Knapp's friend Abby realize that she is an alcoholic?
(a) Her husband left her.
(b) She lost her job.
(c) She crashed her car.
(d) She is raped.

9. What does William think about Knapp?
(a) He is grateful that he is not a bad drinker like her.
(b) He is ashamed of her.
(c) He tries desperately to save her from what he went through.
(d) He sees himself as better off than she is.

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

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

12. How are drinking and anorexia the same for Knapp?
(a) They both helped her express herself.
(b) They both make her feel fulfilled.
(c) They both show her her true worth.
(d) They both keep her from discovering her true feelings.

13. How does drinking change for Knapp after her mother dies?
(a) She becomes desperate.
(b) She fights more with Julian.
(c) She is never sober.
(d) She resolves to quit.

14. What motivates Knapp to stay sober?
(a) Her promise to her sister.
(b) Her shame about her behavior.
(c) Her desire to know what it is to be alive.
(d) Her desire to keep Michael in her life.

15. What kind of man is Michael?
(a) Ambitious and friendly.
(b) Kind and loving.
(c) Disorganized but affectionate.
(d) Critical and judgmental.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Knapp feel as she loses weight?

3. How does Knapp think Julian saw her?

4. What do members of AA offer each other?

5. What do Julian and Knapp do together as they get to know each other?

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