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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: stay up late, Chapters 6-8 and Part II: his drug of choice, Chapters 9-10 and Part III: whatever, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of Nic's two first-ever dogs?
(a) Moon-dog and Brutus.
(b) Tobias and Beatrix.
(c) Alex and Sebastian.
(d) Buster and Keaton.

2. When David picks Nic up after he has been missing for the first time, he tells Nic that Nic must now go to rehab and that there is no other choice. What is Nic's response?
(a) He says he loves his father.
(b) He says he cannot go.
(c) He says he knows.
(d) He says he wants to die.

3. Nic begins sixth grade at a new school in what location?
(a) Inverness.
(b) Vallejo.
(c) Los Altos.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What zoo does Nic often visit as a child?
(a) Portland Zoo.
(b) Sacramento Zoo.
(c) San Francisco Zoo.
(d) San Diego Zoo.

5. Who calls David during Nic's freshman year to tell him he is failing?
(a) The principal.
(b) The registrar.
(c) The freshman dean.
(d) The vice principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does David quote as saying, "Home is a holy thing" (67)?

2. In what year was amphetamine first synthesized?

3. A child development specialist tells David that the greatest changes take place in children's brains before they are how old and then again when they are teenagers?

4. Methamphetamine triggers how many times the normal levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine?

5. What university did David attend after high school?

(see the answer key)

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