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1. What percentage of Internet beer sites try to appeal to young people?

A. None
B. 33%
C. 56%
D. 82%
E. 100%

2. How much alcohol is in one standard drink?

A. It depends on the drink
B. 5 grams of alcohol
C. 12 grams of alcohol
D. 30grams of alcohol

3. Under what circumstances can drinking alcohol kill a person?

A. People can die if they have one drink every day for 20 years.
B. People can die if they drink a very large amount on one occasion.
C. People can die if they drink any alcohol at all.
D. People cannot die from drinking alcohol.

4. About how many people in the U.S. die each year in alcohol-related car crashes?

A. 2,500
B. 8,500
C. 16,000
D. 33,000

5. Which of the following statements about alcohol and crime is true?

A. Between 80 and 90% of crimes are alcohol-related or committed by people who had been drinking when they committed their offenses.
B. Between 40 and 50% of crimes are alcohol-related or committed by people who had been drinking when they committed the offense.
C. A few convicted criminals had been drinking when they committed the offense.
D. People who drink alcohol rarely commit crimes because alcohol makes them happy and mellow.

6. What is the chemical name for alcohol?

A. Ethanol
B. Isopropyl
C. Cannabis
D. Laudanum

7. When a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy, which things are not likely to be wrong with her baby?

A. Deformed facial features
B. Poor academic skills
C. Limited social skills
D. Missing or deformed arms and legs
E. Mental illness

8. Which of the following does not have alcohol involvement?

A. 45% of job losses
B. 50% of rapes
C. 40% of accidental drownings
D. 75% of on-the-job accidents

9. Which statement about alcoholism is true?

A. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, physical, and psychological disease.
B. Alcoholism is a problem that is just in a person’s mind.
C. Alcoholism is not a serious problem. Any drinker could quit anytime.
D. Alcoholism is a physical and psychological disease that comes and goes.

10. What is one way that binge drinking be harmful to the health?

A. It can cause high fevers and infections.
B. It can damage the brain cells related to the sense of smell.
C. It can cause rapid weight loss and muscle weakness.
D. It can cause seizures.

11. Alcoholics feel a strong need to drink, and cannot focus on anything but drinking more alcohol. What is this symptom called?

A. Tolerance
B. Impaired control
C. Craving
D. Withdrawal

12. What can alcohol do to teenagers that it does not do to older people?

A. Cause liver damage
B. Limit bone growth
C. Cause heart disease
D. Cause brain shrinkage

13. Which of these health problems does heavy alcohol use not cause?

A. Liver damage
B. Brain shrinkage
C. Strokes
D. Deafness
E. Colon and rectum cancer

14. What two blood alcohol concentrations are the legal definitions of “intoxicated” in the different states in the U.S.?

A. .02% and .05%
B. .05% and .08%
C. .08% and .10%
D. .10% and .12%

15. In most states, people under age 21 are considered to be “driving under the influence” if they have how much alcohol in their blood?

A. Any amount at all
B. .05% BAC
C. .08% BAC
D. .20% BAC

16. How many young people die from alcohol poisoning or choking on their vomit each year?

A. No one knows because it’s such a small number
B. Between 50 and 75
C. Over 150
D. About 300

17. If someone has been drinking, is unconscious, and has pale, clammy skin what should you do?

A. Cover them with a warm blanket. They will sleep it off.
B. Throw them in a cold shower to wake them up.
C. Get them to an emergency room. They could be in a coma.
D. Let them work it out. They were drinking, so they deserve it.

18. How many people are injured in alcohol-related crashes in the U.S. each year?

A. About 20,000
B. Between 40,000 and 50,000
C. Over 150,000
D. About 300,000

19. Which of these statements about drinking alcohol is false?

A. It can cause middle-aged acne or dilated blood vessels that make the skin very red.
B. Liquor (like whiskey) harms people’s health more than beer does.
C. Nothing besides the passage of time will sober up a drunk person.
D. Alcohol travels through the blood to the brain within 90 seconds.

20. How much does the alcohol industry spend on advertising each year?

A. About $100 million
B. They spend about $1 per adult American
C. About $1 billion, or $20 per adult
D. About $500 million, or $5 per adult