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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 would Knapp compulsively ask herself when she was drinking?
(a) Will this reflect badly on you tomorrow?
(b) Are you doing enough to control your consumption?
(c) Are you driven by a feeling of hunger and need?
(d) How much are you drinking?

2. How did the people around Knapp see her?
(a) Messy and disorganized.
(b) Insecure and hysterical.
(c) Tightly wound and controlling.
(d) Organized and sophisticated.

3. What was Knapp like in her professional life?
(a) Smart and productive.
(b) Highly-motivated and tightly controlled.
(c) Lazy and shiftless.
(d) Inconsistent but occasionally brilliant.

4. What would Knapp ask her co-workers?
(a) Whether she was performing well enough.
(b) Whether she looked hungover.
(c) If they wanted to grab a drink after work.
(d) If she could borrow some money for alcohol.

5. Where would Knapp meet this person for drinks when she was younger?
(a) The Watering Hole.
(b) The Aku-Aku Lounge.
(c) The Ritz.
(d) The Palladium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of alcohol did Knapp keep in the house at the end of her drinking?

2. What behavior of Knapp's started to worry her friends and family?

3. When was Knapp's longing strongest?

4. How would Knapp make it through an evening with her boyfriend?

5. What does Knapp say was the benefit of living by herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What confrontation do Knapp and her mother have after Knapp's father dies?

2. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

3. Describe Knapp's relationship with her father.

4. What does Knapp realize during the last six months of her drinking?

5. How does Knapp's friend Elaine inadvertently help Knapp keep drinking?

6. What relationship does Knapp have with her readers when she writes for the Boston Phoenix?

7. How would sex make Knapp's friend Meg feel?

8. How does alcohol affect Knapp's relationship with David?

9. How does Knapp strategize to hide her drinking at the end?

10. How does alcohol affect Knapp's relationships, emotions, and thoughts?

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