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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: if only, Chapters 18-19 and Part V: never any knowing, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Nic's breakup with Z. does he stop returning his father David's phone calls?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 months.

2. From what location had Nic been calling when he contacted a particular person during his long period of being missing?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) Billings.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Denver.

3. In what year was amphetamine first synthesized?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1923.

4. According to David, approximately what fraction of all first marriages end in divorce?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/4.

5. According to David, approximately what percentage of all second marriages end in divorce?
(a) 65%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 55%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls David during Nic's freshman year to tell him he is failing?

2. What elements does David name as being involved in the deaths of Charles's parents prior to Charles's enrollment in college?

3. The teacher of what subject at Hampshire College writes to David to express her sadness at the news of Nic's relapse?

4. What two districts of San Francisco does David scour looking for Nic?

5. What piece of information does David struggle to remember after he suffers a medical emergency?

(see the answer key)

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