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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. What results does Knapp list at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What was Janet's weight like during college?

4. How did Knapp spend her last night before rehab?

5. How does Knapp behave the last time Julian threw her out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was it like for Knapp after she got out of rehab?

5. What does Knapp do when she leaves the AA meeting?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Knapp gets pregnant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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