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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe himself and others at the facility?
(a) As drunks.
(b) As addicts.
(c) As alcoholics.
(d) As losers.

2. What do J.P. and the narrator do at the end of New Year's Eve?
(a) Start to sahke hands, then hug instead.
(b) Hug.
(c) Shake hands.
(d) Say "One day at a time."

3. What causes blackouts, according to "the guy who travels"?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Ice in a drink.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Whisky with water.

4. How does J.P.'s wife respond to the advice to leave her husband?
(a) She gets angry and says it's nobody's business.
(b) She takes the advice.
(c) She says she got herself into it and she will solve it.
(d) She says she will think about it.

5. When the narrator and his girlfriend arrive at the facility, what does the girlfriend do?
(a) Stays to have lunch.
(b) Drives off immediately.
(c) Decides to check into a nearby motel.
(d) Walks him inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, what physical symptom is the narrator having that concerns him?

2. Who gives his New Year's Eve dinner to the narrator?

3. When do J.P.'s hands become steady?

4. How does J.P.'s wife give him her phone number when he asks her out the first time?

5. Why does the narrator's landlord grin when he sees him?

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