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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. David reports that when Z. breaks up with Nic, he is devastated, but rather than using, he takes what action?
(a) He calls Randy and they go for a bike ride.
(b) He vows to not let it bother him.
(c) He calls Randy and they go out for a beer.
(d) He calls Vicki.

3. The experts whom David consults agree that the first step toward methamphetamine recovery must be what?
(a) Drug replacement therapy.
(b) Assessment.
(c) Cognitive therapy.
(d) Implementation.

4. When Nic finally calls his father after a long period of being missing, he admits to being in the midst of a relapse on what two drugs?
(a) Codeine and valium.
(b) Heroin and cocaine.
(c) Methamphetamine and prescription opiates.
(d) Methamphetamine and heroin.

5. What is Nic's favorite record store?
(a) Tower Records.
(b) Everyday Music.
(c) Amoeba Music.
(d) Musician's Friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nic admits to his father that the drug scenes from what movie make him want to get high?

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

3. Randy, Nic's sponsor, buys Nic what item so that the two men can spend time together being active?

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

5. Part V begins with an excerpt of the script from what film?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Sheff's use of medical diction in order to depict the theme of family bonds.

2. How much more likely are addicts to have underlying mental health issues, in relation to the general population?

3. What are the definitions of priming and cuing, behaviors that can lead to relapse?

4. What element does Sheff name as "the bitterest irony of early sobriety" (228)?

5. Experts David consults say that addicts are skilled at exploiting what aspects of their parents?

6. Whom does Sheff list as people and organizations he at times blames for Nic's problems, before returning to the idea that Nic has a disease that causes his bad behavior?

7. In what way is the theme of hope demonstrated in David's mention of St. Helena Hospital?

8. What distinction does Sheff make between blame and accountability?

9. What does Sheff mean when he calls addiction an "equal-opportunity affliction" (177)?

10. What is the symbolism of Nic's note to Jasper?

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