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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. What project seems to suggest the emergence of treatments for many diseases, as explained in Chapter 33?

2. How does Margaret remember her mother describing her daughters, as explained in Chapter 42?

3. How does Margaret feel about her mother, as discussed in Chapter 38?

4. What do some Galvin siblings refuse to attend, as explained in Chapter 40?

5. For how long does Donald stay out of Pueblo, as explained in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What controversial treatment does Peter receive in Chapter 34? How does he react to these treatments?

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

4. How does Margaret feel about her mother in Chapter 38? About herself?

5. What does Robert Freedman discover about the Galvins in Chapter 32?

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

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

8. What is the problem presented by neuroleptic drugs, as discussed in Chapter 40?

9. What devastating news does Mimi learn in Chapter 31? How does she react?

10. As Chapter 31 begins, whom does Mimi blame for the boys’ schizophrenia? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story of the Galvin family through multiple perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of different individuals affect the story? How would the book be different if the author used single perspective?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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