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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did alcohol affect Knapp?

2. What injury did Knapp actually cause in her accident?

3. What did drinking make Knapp feel?

4. Why would Knapp find it hard to have dinner with her boyfriend's parents?

5. What was Knapp's relationship with alcohol like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knapp get through dinner with Michael's parents?

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

3. What does Knapp love about drinking?

4. What does Knapp realize during the last six months of her drinking?

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

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

7. Describe Knapp's relationship with her father.

8. Describe Knapp's relationship with alcohol.

9. What does Knapp think began her addictions?

10. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does narrative play in Drinking: A Love Story? What is the overarching narrative, and how do the anecdotes and episodes along the way bolster or supplement her narrative? Is there tension between the main narrative and the secondary narratives? Do any of the secondary narratives threaten to run away with the story? How does Knapp reel them in?

Essay Topic 2

How does Knapp's relationship with drinking change over time throughout the course of the book? Be specific in citing examples.

Essay Topic 3

How do Knapp's attempts to hide her drinking from herself and from others change over the course of the book? What strategies does she use, and how do her strategies change?

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