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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 Knapp feel when she was living alone?

2. What kind of alcohol did Knapp keep in the house at the end of her drinking?

3. How long was it after the accident before Knapp finally stopped drinking?

4. Which friend of Knapp's had raging alcoholism in the family?

5. What did drinking make Knapp feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How would sex make Knapp's friend Meg feel?

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

4. What does Knapp think began her addictions?

5. What would happen when Knapp would wake at night when she was drinking?

6. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Knapp use evidence in the book? What different kinds of evidence does she use? Does she use them differently?

Essay Topic 2

How does drinking affect Knapp's body and her sense of her body? Specifically, how does her relationship with her appearance and her weight reflect her drinking? How does her relationship with food and her body change when she quits drinking? How does that change take place?

Essay Topic 3

Unlike many of the people whose stories she tells, Knapp doesn't make a real wreck of her life--she almost hurts her friend's kids, and that's enough to convince her to stop drinking. But what keeps her from making a true wreck of her life? Is there evidence of restraint throughout the book?

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