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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 alarming incident prompts Donald to visit the health center in Chapter 7?
(a) He jumps out of a second-story window.
(b) He jumps into a bonfire.
(c) He jumps into an empty pool.
(d) He jumps in front of a car.

2. How does Margaret feel while living with the Garys in Chapter 20?
(a) Like an artist.
(b) Like an imposter.
(c) Like a member of the family.
(d) Like an outsider.

3. What area of research does Lynn DeLisi want to pursue in Chapter 18?
(a) The genetic origins of schizophrenia.
(b) The physiological origins of schizophrenia.
(c) The environmental origins of schizophrenia.
(d) The bacteriological origins of schizophrenia.

4. With whom does John fall in love in Chapter 13?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Nora.

5. How does Michael feel about his family to do in Chapter 21?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Contemptuous.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Sympathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Brian’s band, as revealed in Chapter 13?

2. How does Don Galvin once describe John, as revealed in Chapter 13?

3. What is the name of Mimi and Don’s second child?

4. In what year does Chapter 1 take place?

5. In Chapter 15, what about the Galvins is known to the community?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What theories gain momentum in Chapter 14? Which researchers make such claims?

3. What impact did the theory of the schizophrenogenic mother have on families, as explained in Chapter 4?

4. What happens as Margaret goes to live with the Garys in Chapter 20?

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

6. What happens to Michael in Chapter 13? Why does Michael believe these things have happened to him?

7. Who is David Rosenthal and what influential work did he publish, as explained in Chapter 9?

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

9. What happens to Don Galvin while stationed in Canada, as explained in Chapter 5?

10. Who is Father Freudenstein and why does he become close to the Galvins in Chapter 3?

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