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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. What did sex give Meg?
(a) Faith in her attractiveness.
(b) Evidence of her own existence.
(c) The illusion of intimacy.
(d) The power of seductiveness.

2. What significance did David have in Knapp's life?
(a) He was the first boy to drink with her.
(b) He was the first one to tell her she had a drinking problem.
(c) He was the first one to die from drinking.
(d) He was the first man she really loved.

3. What occasion led Knapp to drink for the first time?
(a) She was bored.
(b) She was molested by her brother.
(c) A boy she liked lost interest in her.
(d) Her father lost his job.

4. How did Knapp almost hurt people?
(a) By beating them.
(b) By falling on them.
(c) By hitting them with her car.
(d) By cutting them.

5. What drink was Knapp especially fond of when she was living on her own?
(a) Beer.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Gin.
(d) White wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Knapp's mantra?

2. How did her friendship with Elaine make Knapp feel about herself?

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

4. When did Knapp sever ties with Roger?

5. When was Knapp's longing strongest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knapp say runs through her mind when she wakes up next to a stranger?

2. Describe the yearning that drove Knapp to drink.

3. Describe Knapp's relationship with alcohol.

4. What was the emotional atmosphere of Knapp's childhood?

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

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

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

8. How does Knapp strategize to hide her drinking at the end?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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