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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Knapp's friend Abby realize that she is an alcoholic?

2. How does Knapp feel at her sister's wedding?

3. What was David's visit like over the summer of Knapp's second year out of school?

4. What did Knapp learn at AA?

5. What happened around the time Knapp moved into a new apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knapp describe alcohol's effect on the body?

2. What was Julian's effect on Knapp's identity?

3. What does Knapp do when she leaves the AA meeting?

4. What happens when Knapp gets pregnant?

5. What does Knapp remember of the last months of her father's life?

6. How do drinking and anorexia make Knapp feel?

7. What happened the last time Julian attempted to kick Knapp out?

8. How does Knapp spend her time in rehab?

9. What was Knapp's relationship with William like?

10. How does Knapp's mother's death affect Knapp's relationship with Michael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Knapp's relationship with her work change as her drinking changes? What does her writing have to do with her drinking? Does drinking threaten her writing? Does writing threaten her drinking?

Essay Topic 2

How does Knapp's refusal to get help change over the course of her drinking? Who tells her she needs help, and what finally convinces her that she does?

Essay Topic 3

How does drinking affect Knapp's body and her sense of her body? Specifically, how does her relationship with her appearance and her weight reflect her drinking? How does her relationship with food and her body change when she quits drinking? How does that change take place?

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