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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do Knapp's readers appreciate about her column?
(a) Her wit.
(b) Her wry humor.
(c) Her wisdom.
(d) Her honesty.
2. Who would Knapp meet for drinks after work when she was younger?
(a) Julien.
(b) Sam.
(c) Michael.
(d) Her father.
3. What are the two parts into which Knapp compartmentalizes her life?
(a) Drinking and family events.
(b) Drinking and driving.
(c) Seeing friends and drinking.
(d) Work and drinking.
4. What was Knapp's mantra?
(a) This doesn't change anything.
(b) Liquor eases, soothes, protects.
(c) What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
(d) Everyone does it.
5. What kinds of things would Knapp obsessively yearn for?
(a) Making new friends.
(b) Staying high all the time.
(c) Getting close to nature.
(d) Writing ethereal poetry.
6. What kind of alcohol did Knapp keep in the house at the end of her drinking?
(a) Gin.
(b) Cognac.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Bourbon.
7. Why was Knapp always anxious around her father?
(a) She was afraid that she was not brave enough.
(b) She was afraid that he would beat her up.
(c) She was afraid that she was not pretty enough.
(d) She was afraid that she was not smart enough.
8. What does Knapp's memoir describe?
(a) The grief Knapp felt over the things she lost because of alcohol.
(b) The cost of the damage she caused by drinking.
(c) The effect of her drinking on her relationships and emotions.
(d) The visions Knapp saw under the influence.
9. Liquor seemed to ease what emotions for Knapp?
(a) Affection and tenderness.
(b) Rage.
(c) Loneliness and emptiness.
(d) Anxiety and sadness.
10. What is the result of the gesture Knapp makes after the confrontation with her mother?
(a) She fails miserably at quitting.
(b) She cuts back on her drinking.
(c) She succeeds in giving up drinking.
(d) She falls back in love with alcohol.
11. What does Knapp find when she tries to identify the influence that made her an alcoholic?
(a) She realizes that her parents disposed her to alcoholism with their genes.
(b) She identifies the childhood trauma that disposes her to alcoholism.
(c) It is impossible to pinpoint one influence.
(d) She blames a society in which alcohol was ubiquitous.
12. How old was Knapp when she fell in love with David?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-eight.
13. Who is Alice K?
(a) Knapp's alter ego.
(b) Knapp's boss.
(c) Knapp's drinking companion.
(d) A woman Knapp meets in AA.
14. When Knapp met her friend for drinks, how long would it take before the drinks kicked in?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Thirty minutes.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.
15. What injury did Knapp actually cause in her accident?
(a) She wrecked her car.
(b) She hurt her knee.
(c) She sliced her hand.
(d) She broke her spine.
Short Answer Questions
1. How hard was it for Knapp to quit drinking?
2. What would Knapp ask her co-workers?
3. What did Knapp want from her drinking?
4. What would Knapp do before she met a specific person for drinks after work when she was younger?
5. Why would Knapp find it hard to have dinner with her boyfriend's parents?
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