Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Robert Kolker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Robert Kolker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In what year does the prologue to the book begin?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1952.

2. Which of his sons is present for the medical event experienced by Don in Chapter 17?
(a) Richard.
(b) John.
(c) Peter.
(d) Brian.

3. What medical event does Don Galvin experience in Chapter 17?
(a) Syncope.
(b) A stroke.
(c) An seizure.
(d) A heart attack.

4. For what does Robert Freedman search in Chapter 24?
(a) Twins with schizophrenia.
(b) Parents with schizophrenia.
(c) A family with schizophrenia.
(d) Cousins with schizophrenia.

5. Whom does Jim marry in Chapter 8?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Karen.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Katie.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter 1 begins, what hobby have Mimi and Don Galvin taken up?

2. What is the name originally given to schizophrenia, as discussed in Chapter 2?

3. What does Donald allow Mary to do in the prologue to the book?

4. In what branch of the armed forces does Don serve during WWII?

5. Where does the Galvin family move in 1951?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Marilee? How does she reflect Donald’s increasing instability in Chapter 7?

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

3. What tragedies befall Mary in Chapter 23? How does she react to them?

4. What does the community think about the Galvins, as explained in Chapter 15?

5. What traumatic experience begins to happen to Margaret and Mary in Chapter 12? How do they react to this trauma? Why?

6. What happens to Donald’s marriage to Jean in Chapter 10? What is the result?

7. What dynamic exists among the Galvin boys in Chapter 5? How do their parents handle this dynamic?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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