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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. With whom does Kate begin to work as an intern, as explained in Chapter 45?
(a) Robert Freedman.
(b) David Rosenthal.
(c) Lynn DeLisi.
(d) Louise Severn.

2. Of what does Jim die in Chapter 35?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. On what gene, which fully forms in the womb, does Robert Freedman study in Chapter 37?
(a) CHRNA7.
(b) IL6.
(c) EGFR.
(d) VEGFA.

4. In what year does Mimi die, as discussed in Chapter 39?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2013.

5. From what does a teenage Jack suffer, as explained in Chapter 45?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) OCD.
(c) Depression.
(d) PTSD.

Short Answer Questions

1. What project seems to suggest the emergence of treatments for many diseases, as explained in Chapter 33?

2. Who thwarts Freedman’s quest for a new drug treatment, as explained in Chapter 32?

3. How old is Joe when he dies in Chapter 35?

4. Who abused Donald as a teen, as revealed in Chapter 31?

5. What therapeutic boarding school does Jack attend in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Louise Silvern? What does she do for Lindsay in Chapter 26?

2. What does Robert Freedman attempt to develop in Chapter 32? Who shuts him down? Why?

3. What decision does Margaret make in Chapter 25? How do others in her life feel about this decision?

4. How have the older boys changed over time, as explained in Chapter 28? What has caused these changes?

5. What happens when Lindsay confronts her mother about Jim in Chapter 26?

6. What does Robert Freedman discover about the Galvins in Chapter 32?

7. Why is Lynn DeLisi’s research shut down in Chapter 33?

8. What does the reader learn in Chapter 27 about how drug treatments for schizophrenia have changed over time?

9. According to the author in Chapter 43, what has not changed regarding schizophrenia? What has changed?

10. What happens to Mimi in Chapter 38? Who cares for her?

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