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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 hard was it for Knapp to quit drinking?

2. When would Knapp drink?

3. Why was Knapp always anxious around her father?

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

5. When was Knapp's longing strongest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Knapp say runs through her mind when she wakes up next to a stranger?

3. Describe the first time Knapp got drunk.

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

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

6. What does Knapp find surprising about alcoholics?

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

8. Describe the yearning that drove Knapp to drink.

9. How would Knapp fill her days when she was living by herself?

10. What is Knapp's friend Abby's drinking driven by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do different characters act as alter egos for Knapp? Does her need for an alter ego change over the course of the book? Do her relationships rise above the alter ego relationship and become real relationships with people who are real in their own right, outside of her own need for an alter ego?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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