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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 Don Galvin once describe John, as revealed in Chapter 13?

2. As discussed in Chapter 13, what blinds Mimi and Don to Brian’s suffering?

3. As the prologue begins, how old is Mary Galvin?

4. To what state does Michael move in Chapter 13?

5. What area of research does Lynn DeLisi want to pursue in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedies befall Mary in Chapter 23? How does she react to them?

2. What dynamic exists among the Galvin boys in Chapter 5? How do their parents handle this dynamic?

3. What happens during Thanksgiving in Chapter 15?

4. How does Michael feel about his family upon returning home in Chapter 21?

5. Who is David Rosenthal and what influential work did he publish, as explained in Chapter 9?

6. How has the situation gotten worse at home, as demonstrated in Chapter 22?

7. What does Robert Freedman discover in Chapter 24? What does he develop as a result?

8. How is Margaret affected by her home life, as revealed in Chapter 11?

9. What happens to Michael in Chapter 13? Why does Michael believe these things have happened to him?

10. What impact did the theory of the schizophrenogenic mother have on families, as explained in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The members of the Galvin family all highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three individuals and explain how each illustrates this idea, using textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the individuals of Robert Freedman, Lynn DeLisi, and David Rosenthal. How does each contribute to the modern understanding of schizophrenia?

Essay Topic 3

Hidden Valley Road opens with an epigraph taken from Anne Tyler, who writes: “The clearest way that you can show endurance is by sticking with a family.” Using textual evidence to support your claims, show how Tyler’s words apply to Hidden Valley Road.

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