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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. As the prologue begins, how old is Mary Galvin?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

2. How does Don Galvin once describe John, as revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) As the apple of his eye.
(b) As the best of the litter.
(c) As the cream of the crop.
(d) As the pièce de résistance.

3. To whom does Donald become engaged at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Jen.
(b) Jean.
(c) June.
(d) Jane.

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

5. What theory involving the origins of schizophrenia does Frieda Fromm-Reichmann help develop?
(a) The schizophrenogenic father.
(b) The schizophrenogenic child.
(c) The schizophrenogenic mother.
(d) The schizophrenogenic home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives for a time on the Farm, as explained in Chapter 21?

2. How does Mimi treat the boys’ illness in Chapter 19?

3. According to Michael in Chapter 13, what is to blame for his arrests?

4. What branch of the armed forces does Don join in the 1950s?

5. What is Mimi’s real first name, as revealed in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during Thanksgiving in Chapter 15?

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

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

4. What is the theory schizophrenogenic mother, as explained in Chapter 4?

5. To whom does Mimi break down in Chapter 17? What is the result?

6. What is the Farm? What does Michael learn there in Chapter 21?

7. What happens to Don Galvin in Chapter 17?

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

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

10. In what ways do Margaret and Mary escape the violence at home, as discussed in Chapters 11 and 12?

(see the answer keys)

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