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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 change does Donald experience in the late 1980s, as discussed in Chapter 28?
(a) He becomes calm.
(b) He renounces religion.
(c) He becomes reclusive.
(d) He becomes outgoing.

2. On what does Mimi blame the boys’ schizophrenia, as revealed at the start of Chapter 31?
(a) Her own genes.
(b) Her husband’s genes.
(c) God.
(d) The boys' fighting.

3. What neurotransmitter do some people with schizophrenia lack, as revealed in Chapter 32?
(a) Somatostatin.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Acetylocholine.
(d) Glutamate.

4. What language disorder does Mimi develop in Chapter 39?
(a) Aphasia.
(b) Apraxia.
(c) Dysarthria.
(d) Dysphonia.

5. In what year does Joe die in Chapter 35?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatments was Don Galvin receiving before he died, as revealed in Chapter 41?

2. On what does Kate want to focus her career, as explained in Chapter 45?

3. In what year does Jim die, as discussed in Chapter 35?

4. Who experiences sensory processing issues at a young age, as explained in Chapter 45?

5. What is necessary for Lindsay’s healing process, as explained in Chapter 44?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margaret attempt to heal from the past, as explained in Chapter 29? What does she not do?

2. What is CHRNA7? What possible treatment does it inspire, as explained in Chapter 37?

3. What does Robert Freedman attempt to develop in Chapter 32? Who shuts him down? Why?

4. How have the older boys changed over time, as explained in Chapter 28? What has caused these changes?

5. What does Lindsay discover in Chapter 41? How does she discover these things?

6. How has Lindsay parented her children as a result of her family’s history with schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 45?

7. What happens to Margaret and Lindsay after Mimi’s funeral, as explained in Chapter 44?

8. What kindness does Lindsay perform in Chapter 30? Why? What is the effect of her kind act?

9. What memory does Margaret have about her mother in Chapter 42? What does she think of this memory?

10. What is SHANK2 and what do researchers discover about it in Chapter 36?

(see the answer keys)

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