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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Joe when he dies in Chapter 35?
(a) 53.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

2. What medical event does Mimi experience in Chapter 39?
(a) She has a seizure.
(b) She has a stroke.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She begins vomiting blood.

3. From where does the SHANK2 mutation come, as explained in Chapter 36?
(a) From both sides of the family.
(b) Mimi’s side of the family.
(c) From neither side of the family.
(d) Don's side of the family.

4. What activity helps Margaret deal with the trauma of her childhood, as explained in Chapter 29?
(a) Dance.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing piano.

5. Whom does Margaret marry in Chapter 29?
(a) Chris.
(b) Frank.
(c) Wylie.
(d) Greg.

6. What do some Galvin siblings refuse to attend, as explained in Chapter 40?
(a) Sunday mass.
(b) Mimi's funeral.
(c) A family dinner.
(d) Doctor's appointments.

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

8. In what year does Jim die, as discussed in Chapter 35?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1998.

9. What project seems to suggest the emergence of treatments for many diseases, as explained in Chapter 33?
(a) The Human Chromosome Project.
(b) The Human Heredity Project.
(c) The Human Genome Project.
(d) The Human DNA Project.

10. For whom does Mimi have the most compassion, as revealed in Chapter 31?
(a) Jim.
(b) Brian.
(c) John.
(d) Donald.

11. Who tries to talk Margaret out of her engagement, as explained in Chapter 25?
(a) Wyatt.
(b) Wylie.
(c) William.
(d) Winston.

12. As Chapter 31 begins, how old is Mimi?
(a) Nearly 60.
(b) Nearly 70.
(c) Nearly 80.
(d) Nearly 90.

13. Lynn DeLisi’s research is shut down when her pharmaceutical company is bought by whom, as explained in Chapter 33?
(a) Gilead.
(b) Pfizer.
(c) GlaxoSmithKline.
(d) Sanofi.

14. According to Robert Freedman’s research in Chapter 37, what nutrient may prevent schizophrenia?
(a) Theonine.
(b) Choline.
(c) Biotin.
(d) Riboflavin.

15. Who becomes Peter’s guardian in Chapter 34?
(a) Donald.
(b) Margaret.
(c) The state.
(d) Mimi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Don Galvin die in Chapter 35?

3. Who begins volunteering after a change in medication, as explained in Chapter 28?

4. What does Jack plan to study in college, as explained in Chapter 45?

5. Whose birthday do the Galvin siblings celebrate in Chapter 40?

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