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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Nic take when car troubles cause him to miss an important job interview?
(a) He goes to the spa for the day.
(b) He calls his father and they talk.
(c) He takes Daisy and Jasper bowling.
(d) He calls Randy and they go riding.

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

3. Who advises David that he should not pull his son out of college due to Nic's recent relapse?
(a) Douglas Anglin.
(b) Karen.
(c) The health counselor at Hampshire College.
(d) Dr. Theodore Bielke.

4. What branch of the Hazelden closes in December of the year in which Nic is in treatment?
(a) Culver City.
(b) Santa Clarita.
(c) New York.
(d) Vallejo.

5. What is NOT a task Nic calls his father David to report taking during his longest period of sobriety within the narrative?
(a) He has secured a credit card.
(b) He has saved some money.
(c) He has purchased a house.
(d) He has opened a bank account.

6. While attending Hampshire College, Nic finds a sponsor who is a graduate student attending what college?
(a) The University of Massachusetts.
(b) Yale.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) Amherst College.

7. 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?
(a) Amherst College.
(b) Yale.
(c) The University of Massachusetts.
(d) Mount Holyoke.

8. The program into which Nic checks at Hazelden will last at least how long?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

9. Part V begins with an excerpt of the script from what film?
(a) Human Nature.
(b) Being John Malkovich.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

10. What movie do Nic and David see together the night before he checks into the Hazelden?
(a) Boogie Nights.
(b) Magnolia.
(c) Punch Drunk Love.
(d) There Will Be Blood.

11. Nic admits to his father that he often dreams about what topic?
(a) Becoming a college professor.
(b) Relapsing.
(c) Murdering his therapist.
(d) Having his own child someday.

12. In what area of the United States is St. Helena Hospital located?
(a) The Northwest coast.
(b) The Florida Panhandle.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) Napa Valley.

13. Nic finds a job at a rehab facility called what?
(a) Beaches.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Promises.
(d) Sandals.

14. What is NOT a piece of evidence that tells the author and his wife that Nic has broken into the family home?
(a) Cash is missing from Karen's jewelry box.
(b) The deadbolt on their bedroom door is broken.
(c) David's desk drawers have been ransacked.
(d) The redwood door has been splintered beyond repair.

15. Who checks on Nic at Hampshire College at David's behest?
(a) A friend of Karen's.
(b) Nic's former English teacher.
(c) A friend of David's.
(d) A friend of Nic's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Statistics show that girls with divorced parents do NOT have what experience earlier than children with married biological parents?

2. The experts whom David consults agree that the first step toward methamphetamine recovery must be what?

3. In what decade of life was Nic's grandfather when he died from the effects of substance abuse?

4. How long after Nic's breakup with Z. does he stop returning his father David's phone calls?

5. At what location do David and Nic agree to meet the day that Nic is very late?

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