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1. How much alcohol is in one standard drink?

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

2. 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

3. What is the chemical name for alcohol?

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

4. Which statement about alcoholism is false?

A. Alcoholism is not a serious problem. Any drinker could quit anytime.
B. Alcoholism is a problem that is just in a person’s mind.
C. Only older people become alcoholics.
D. Alcohol changes the way someone’s brain works.

5. About how many drinkers become alcoholics?

A. About 1 in 20
B. About 1 in 10
C. About 1 in 7
D. About 1 in 3

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

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. If someone starts drinking before age 15, how much more likely is it that he or she will become an alcoholic than it is for someone who does not drink until age 21?

A. 2 times as likely
B. 4 times as likely
C. 7 times as likely
D. 10 times as likely

10. About how much does the alcohol industry spend on advertising per person over the age of 21 in the U.S. per year?

A. About 1 dollar per adult per year
B. About 3 dollars per adult per year
C. About 10 dollars per adult per year
D. About 20 dollars per adult per year

11. What is “product placement”?

A. It is when companies give out free products to get other people to use them.
B. It is when companies make T-shirts, hats, etc. with their name on them as advertising.
C. It is when companies pay movie and TV producers to have actors use their products in a show so the audience will think the actors like those products.
D. It is when companies tell storeowners where and how to stack and display their products so people will buy them.

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

A. Drinkers run into things, fall down, and drop things.
B. People can die if they drink enough at one time.
C. Drinkers become emotional and unpredictable.
D. Drinkers usually know whether or not they are drunk.

13. 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.

14. How many people are injured in alcohol-related car 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

15. About how many drinks does a person have to have before he or she gets blurry vision?

A. One or two
B. Three or four
C. Over five
D. This doesn’t really happen.