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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: whatever, Chapters 12-14 and Part IV: if only, Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before taking up surfing, Nic had never wanted to go to the beach for what reason?
(a) He had not wanted to show his body.
(b) He had not wanted to get a sunburn.
(c) He had liked video games better than nature.
(d) He had not wanted to get sandy.

2. When Nic calls David after missing curfew and disappearing for a while, where is he?
(a) In an alley behind a bookstore.
(b) On the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) In the Berkeley library.
(d) At the hospital.

3. Whose suicide note serves as a source of Part I's epigraph?
(a) Michael Hutchence.
(b) Sid Vicious.
(c) Freddy Prinze, Jr.
(d) Kurt Cobain.

4. Statistics show that girls with divorced parents do NOT have what experience earlier than children with married biological parents?
(a) Higher chances of being heavy drug users in high school.
(b) Marriages of their own.
(c) Higher rates of depression.
(d) Sexual experiences.

5. Who ends up helping Nic pay the debt he owes due to stealing checks from a family friend?
(a) Charles.
(b) Z.
(c) David.
(d) Vicki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of facility is St. Helena Hospital?

2. Which college is NOT included within the consortium to which Hampshire College belongs, allowing Nic to attend any one of four other colleges in addition to his own?

3. When the woman at Al-Anon tells a story about considering suicide but deciding against it, what event befalls her directly afterwards?

4. Nic is arrested for failing to appear in court after being cited for what crime?

5. Nic decides that his choice of college had been a mistake and that he would do better at what type of college?

(see the answer key)

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