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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. What chemical does the brain release under the influence of alcohol?

2. How much does Michael drink?

3. What kind of man is Michael?

4. Who was William?

5. How long after Knapp moves out of Julian's apartment does she meet Michael?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knapp spend her time in rehab?

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

3. What happened when David came to visit Knapp after college?

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

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

6. How does Knapp's mother's death affect Knapp's relationship with Michael?

7. What happens when Knapp gets pregnant?

8. What does Knapp say AA does for her?

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

10. Describe the conversation Knapp has with her therapist after Julian throws her out.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Knapp's work change over the course of her drinking? She compartmentalizes it at first, but how do drinking and quitting drinking become work as well? How does drinking change her sense of her writing work?

Essay Topic 2

Knapp's memoir is a love story, but Knapp falls in love with a number of different men throughout the book. How does her relationship with alcohol parallel her relationships with men? Is she ever untrue to the bottle? Is she ever as desperate for a man as she is for the bottle? How do her relationships with men change as her relationship with alcohol changes?

Essay Topic 3

What is Knapp's relationship with her family like? Do they lead her to drinking? Do they lead her out of it? How does her relationship with her family change over time?

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