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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. Why would Knapp find it hard to have dinner with her boyfriend's parents?
(a) They knew alcoholism where they saw it.
(b) They were poor and could not afford alcohol.
(c) They were not drinkers.
(d) They were snobbish about drinking expensive scotch.

2. What was David's upbringing like?
(a) He was filled with unanswerable anxieties.
(b) He was uncomplicated and caring.
(c) He was filled with hope in his own potential.
(d) He was tormented with apprehensions about his status.

3. What does Knapp find when she tries to identify the influence that made her an alcoholic?
(a) She realizes that her parents disposed her to alcoholism with their genes.
(b) She identifies the childhood trauma that disposes her to alcoholism.
(c) She blames a society in which alcohol was ubiquitous.
(d) It is impossible to pinpoint one influence.

4. How did Knapp experience her own personality?
(a) Calm and thoughtful.
(b) Chaotic and unstable.
(c) Patient and deliberate.
(d) Tightly controlled.

5. Which friend of Knapp's had raging alcoholism in the family?
(a) Drew.
(b) Lawrence.
(c) Lauren.
(d) Abby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occasion led Knapp to drink for the first time?

2. What did alcohol do for Knapp's body image?

3. What did Knapp NOT drink?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does alcohol affect Knapp's relationships, emotions, and thoughts?

2. Describe the event that got Knapp to quit drinking.

3. What would happen when Knapp would wake at night when she was drinking?

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

5. What is Knapp's friend Abby's drinking driven by?

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

7. What is Knapp's mantra?

8. What would Knapp do when she met her friend Sam for drinks?

9. What does Knapp do after David moves to Chicago?

10. What does Knapp find surprising about alcoholics?

(see the answer keys)

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