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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word have Nic and David always used to affirm their love for one another?
(a) Always.
(b) Forever.
(c) Squeezes.
(d) Everything.

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

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

4. For how long had Nic been sober before relapsing and going missing for an extended period of time?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 18 months.

5. In an excerpt from Addict in the Family, its author states that addicts inevitably take what action with respect to their parents' past regrets?
(a) They exploit them.
(b) They memorize them.
(c) They mirror them in their own parenting styles.
(d) They are traumatized by them.

6. What final advice does David give to the addicted young woman for whom he buys lunch?
(a) To get some better friends.
(b) To move to the country.
(c) To go to rehab.
(d) To call her parents.

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

8. What is the title of the article David writes for the New York Times Magazine?
(a) A Measure of Grief.
(b) My Personal Peril.
(c) My Addicted Son.
(d) A Love Letter to My Little Boy.

9. What is NOT one of the three C's taught by Al-Anon?
(a) You cannot cure it.
(b) You cannot control it.
(c) You can care too much.
(d) You did not cause it.

10. When David asks the wireless operator to trace the location of Nic's cell phone, what is NOT a city she reports to him?
(a) Portland.
(b) Reno.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Billings.

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

12. During one desperate email to his mother Vicki, Nic states that AA makes him feel what emotion?
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Shame.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Disgust.

13. When David calls the rehab facility at which Nic works, what do they report?
(a) They say he is out running an errand.
(b) They say he has just been given a promotion.
(c) They say he is delivering a prescription to a customer.
(d) They say he has not shown up to work in two days.

14. When David is at his wits' end with no news about Nic, who says they have been contacted by Nic?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Z.
(d) Daisy.

15. In what decade of life was Nic's grandfather when he died from the effects of substance abuse?
(a) 40s.
(b) 70s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 60s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Nic pick up reading to his younger siblings where he had left off more than two years prior?

2. In what month does Nic celebrate a year of sobriety?

3. What movie does David describe seeing as a portrait of "a wretched alcoholic" (180)?

4. From what location had Nic been calling when he contacted a particular person during his long period of being missing?

5. What object is kept on Nic's bedside table at St. Helena's Hospital?

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