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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 neurotransmitter do some people with schizophrenia lack, as revealed in Chapter 32?
(a) Glutamate.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Somatostatin.
(d) Acetylocholine.

2. What career does Jack intend to pursue, as explained in Chapter 45?
(a) Art therapist.
(b) Social worker.
(c) Outdoor wilderness therapist.
(d) Family therapist.

3. What career path Kate does want to follow, as explained in Chapter 45?
(a) Research.
(b) Computing.
(c) Art.
(d) Law.

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

5. Who suffers from depression in Chapter 28?
(a) Joe.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jim.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose birthday do the Galvin siblings celebrate in Chapter 40?

2. What does Robert Freedman discover about many members of the Galvin family in Chapter 32?

3. When Lindsay visits Joe in Chapter 25, what does she consider for the first time?

4. Why do some members of the Galvin family gather at Margaret’s home in Chapter 38?

5. What does Margaret struggle to overcome in Chapter 42?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margaret feel about her mother in Chapter 38? About herself?

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

3. What controversial treatment does Peter receive in Chapter 34? How does he react to these treatments?

4. What deaths occur in Chapter 35? What are the causes of these deaths?

5. What memory does Margaret have about her mother in Chapter 42? What does she think of this memory?

6. How does Matt feel in the wake of his mother’s death, as he tells Lindsay in Chapter 40?

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

8. What does Lindsay begin to consider in Chapter 25? What makes her consider this?

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

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

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