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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 old was Knapp when she first got drunk?

2. How did Knapp experience her own personality?

3. How often would Knapp drink?

4. What did Knapp want from her drinking?

5. What did Alex think of alcohol when he found it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Knapp find surprising about alcoholics?

5. Describe the yearning that drove Knapp to drink.

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

7. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

8. Describe the first time Knapp got drunk.

9. How were Knapp's personal and professional lives different?

10. How does alcohol make Knapp feel while she is with her family?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

What are Knapp's true internal feelings? When do we see them? When they explode? In what behavior? When does she let real her feelings show?

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