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

2. What distance separated Knapp from Julian after he threw her out?
(a) Sixty-five steps.
(b) Three thousand miles.
(c) Two blocks.
(d) Eighteen hundred miles.

3. What does Knapp do when Julian throws her out?
(a) Moves to Boston.
(b) Moves to New Orleans.
(c) Gets an apartment close to his.
(d) Lives on the street for a little while.

4. How does Knapp behave the last time Julian threw her out?
(a) She burned all his letters to her in the sink.
(b) She was taken away to the rehab clinic.
(c) He practically had to pry her fingers from the furniture.
(d) She left on good terms, with respect for each other.

5. How does Knapp think Julian saw her?
(a) As a competent career woman.
(b) As a failure in everything but drinking.
(c) As a funny and sophisticated woman.
(d) As a desperate, fragile creature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was David's visit like over the summer of Knapp's second year out of school?

2. What results does Knapp list at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What was Knapp's logic about drinking?

4. What happens when Tess wakes up in the morning, as Knapp tells the story?

5. How does Michael feel about Knapp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Julian's effect on Knapp's identity?

2. What was it like for Knapp after she got out of rehab?

3. What does Knapp remember of the last months of her father's life?

4. What happened when Knapp took the quiz administered by the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence?

5. How does Knapp feel on the occasion of her sister's wedding?

6. How does Knapp spend her time in rehab?

7. What was Knapp's relationship with Julian like in the beginning?

8. What is Knapp's friend Janet's experience with alcohol and eating like?

9. What does Knapp say life is like for drinkers who quit?

10. How does Knapp see herself as similar to Tess?

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