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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37 – Chapter 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday do the boys ruin in Chapter 15?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Halloween.

2. What famous novel, discussed in Chapter 13, tells the story of a patient inside an insane asylum?
(a) The Crying of Lot 49.
(b) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
(d) Catch-22.

3. What is the likely cause of the boys’ schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 36?
(a) Don's genes.
(b) Random mutations.
(c) Mimi's genes.
(d) A blend of Mimi and Don’s genes.

4. Where is Robert Freedman conducting research in Chapter 24?
(a) Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
(b) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
(c) UC San Diego Health Sciences.
(d) The University of Colorado Medical Center.

5. Which Galvin brother exercises “supreme authority” (44) over his siblings?
(a) Jim.
(b) Brian.
(c) Donald.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Daniel Schreber’s memoir?

2. As Chapter 31 begins, how old is Mimi?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 11, what does young Margaret do about the conflicts consuming her brothers?

4. What do many of the Galvin children believe regarding Brian’s death in Chapter 16?

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

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