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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does David feel about joint custody?
(a) He has a love/hate relationship with it.
(b) He loathes it.
(c) He tolerates it.
(d) He likes it.

2. Methamphetamine triggers how many times the normal levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine?
(a) 30-50.
(b) 10-20.
(c) 5-10.
(d) 300-500.

3. What is the name of the girl with whom Nic is enamored in sixth grade?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Skye.
(d) Sarah.

4. 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 cannot go.
(b) He says he loves his father.
(c) He says he knows.
(d) He says he wants to die.

5. After listing a myriad of impressions at which Nic is skilled, David says that Nic's best impression is of whom?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Humphrey Bogart.
(c) Jack Nicholson.
(d) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

6. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1982.

7. To whom does David attribute Nic's love for film directors such as Godard, Bergman, and Kurosawa?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Vicki.
(c) Karen.
(d) Himself.

8. When Nic moves home from his first college, what is NOT a rule his parents insist that he follow?
(a) He will go to therapy.
(b) He will apply to other colleges.
(c) He will abide by a set curfew.
(d) He will pay rent.

9. How old is Jasper the first time Nic is arrested?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

10. In addition to incompatibility, what else does David say occurs within his marriage to Vicki?
(a) She cheats on him with a family friend.
(b) He cheats on her with a family friend.
(c) She cheats on him with his brother.
(d) He cheats on her with her sister.

11. What is NOT something listed among the things Vicki and David divide upon their divorce?
(a) Their china.
(b) Their young son.
(c) Their German shepherd.
(d) Their art.

12. About how many miles separate David from Vicki once she moves away from the Bay Area?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 800.
(c) 30.
(d) 500.

13. David asserts that he and Vicki are "among the first generation of" (19) what kind of parents?
(a) Parochial.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Secular.
(d) Self-conscious.

14. What is the name of Nic's little sister?
(a) Elisha.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Saffron.

15. David relates that Charles died on the eve of what day?
(a) Charles's third sobriety anniversary.
(b) Christmas.
(c) David's fortieth birthday.
(d) Charles's fortieth birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day is Nic born?

2. David states that many symptoms of what types of disorders mimic the symptoms of drug abuse?

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

4. What are the names of Nic's two first-ever dogs?

5. What is the name of Nic's little brother?

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