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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. Who did Knapp almost hurt, making her want to stop drinking?
(a) Her friend's children.
(b) An innocent stranger.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her parents.

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

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

4. What kind of alcohol did Knapp keep in the house at the end of her drinking?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Cognac.
(c) Gin.
(d) Vodka.

5. What was Knapp's relationship with alcohol like?
(a) Long and tortured.
(b) Brief and blissful.
(c) Longstanding, methodically destructive.
(d) On and off, and inconsistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink was Knapp especially fond of when she was living on her own?

2. How would Knapp get through dinner with her boyfriend's parents?

3. What does Knapp wonder when she wakes up hung over, in bed with a strange man?

4. What does Knapp realize about drinking after years of therapy?

5. Knapp was always careful not to be alone with which of her friends' fathers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would Knapp feel whenever her glass was filled?

2. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

3. Describe the yearning that drove Knapp to drink.

4. What does Knapp realize after AA and years of therapy?

5. Describe the first time Knapp got drunk.

6. What does Knapp find surprising about alcoholics?

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

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

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

10. Describe Knapp's relationship with alcohol.

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