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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 does the Farm teach the Galvin boy who lives there in Chapter 21?
(a) How to communicate with others.
(b) How to defend himself.
(c) How to support himself.
(d) How to grow his own food.

2. What disorder do doctors suspect Peter of having in Chapter 22?
(a) Depression.
(b) OCD.
(c) Tourette syndrome.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

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

4. As the prologue begins, how old is Donald Galvin?
(a) 30.
(b) 18.
(c) 27.
(d) 33.

5. In what year does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 12, Margaret and Mary are among the first to witness the instability of which member of the Galvin family?

2. Who becomes a surrogate mother to Mary in Chapter 19?

3. Which Galvin sibling leads the life of a teenage rebel, as revealed in Chapter 6?

4. According to Dr. Pfeiffer in Chapter 19, what is to blame for the boys’ mental illness?

5. In the 1960s, Don Galvin becomes the executive director of which organization?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim distance himself from his older brother in Chapter 6?

2. What happens during Thanksgiving in Chapter 15?

3. What happens when the family visits the Brain Bio Center in Chapter 19?

4. How does Donald begin to show signs of mental instability in Chapter 7?

5. What happens between Mary and Donald in the prologue?

6. What change does Mary experience to her home situation in Chapter 23?

7. What hobby do the Galvins enjoy, as discussed in Chapter 1? What draws them to this hobby?

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

9. Who is Lynn DeLisi and for what does she begin searching in Chapter 18?

10. Who is Daniel Paul Schreber and what does he contribute to the field of psychiatry, as explained in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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