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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. Who noticed Knapp's anorexia?

2. What happened around the time Knapp moved into a new apartment?

3. How does Knapp justify her drinking?

4. What do Julian and Knapp do together as they get to know each other?

5. What kind of man is Michael?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Knapp feel on the occasion of her sister's wedding?

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

4. How do drinking and anorexia make Knapp feel?

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

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

7. What happens when Knapp gets pregnant?

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

9. What happened the last time Julian attempted to kick Knapp out?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

The book concludes with a moment of truth in which Knapp realizes that she can't keep drinking. What leads her to this realization? Was it a real revelation, or was it something that she was led to over time?

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