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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 does Knapp feel at rehab?

2. What distance separated Knapp from Julian after he threw her out?

3. What does Knapp do when Julian throws her out?

4. What does Knapp tell herself when she leaves the AA meeting?

5. Who noticed Knapp's anorexia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Knapp see herself as similar to Tess?

3. What does Knapp think when she arrives at the AA meeting?

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

5. What does Knapp say life is like for drinkers who quit?

6. What happens when Knapp gets pregnant?

7. Describe Julian and describe how he makes Knapp feel.

8. What was Knapp's relationship with William like?

9. What was Julian's effect on Knapp's identity?

10. What does Knapp say AA does for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of Knapp's split personality--or compartmentalized personality--develop throughout the book? Use specific examples from the chapters. Is she one person? Is she more than one person? What do each of the people inside of her want? Does she seem pathologically self-divided, or does her self-division seem natural?

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