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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Knapp spend her time during the first year of living alone?
(a) She saw constantly visiting with friends.
(b) She never had a free minute to herself.
(c) She spent a lot of time volunteering.
(d) She would not have anything to do but drink.

2. How does Alex describe himself?
(a) As a friendly psychopath.
(b) As a gregarious introvert.
(c) As a nefarious extrovert.
(d) As a deliberate monster.

3. 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 invisible.
(d) It made her angry enough to endure the pain.

4. What does Knapp wonder when she wakes up hung over, in bed with a strange man?
(a) Did he drug me?
(b) Did we use a condom?
(c) Where did I meet this guy?
(d) Was this what I wanted?

5. Where does Knapp see alcoholics?
(a) Everywhere in society.
(b) In certain kinds of low-paying jobs.
(c) In certain kinds of high-power positions.
(d) Only at the bars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Knapp's drinking change in the last six months of her drinking?

2. What does Knapp say was the benefit of living by herself?

3. What was Knapp's relationship with alcohol like in the beginning of her alcoholism?

4. What happened to Knapp's friend's brother who tried to molest his sister?

5. What would Knapp do if she felt that she did not have enough in her glass?

Short Essay Questions

1. What confrontation do Knapp and her mother have after Knapp's father dies?

2. How does alcohol affect Knapp's relationship with David?

3. What does Knapp love about drinking?

4. How does Knapp's drinking change when she lives by herself?

5. What is Knapp's mantra?

6. What does Knapp tell her boss when she hobbles into work after dropping her friend's children?

7. What relationship does Knapp have with her readers when she writes for the Boston Phoenix?

8. How does Knapp's friend Elaine inadvertently help Knapp keep drinking?

9. What does Knapp find surprising about alcoholics?

10. Describe the yearning that drove Knapp to drink.

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