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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. According to the author in Chapter 43, what about schizophrenia has not changed since the Galvins were young?
(a) The methods used to diagnose it.
(b) People's attitudes about the disease.
(c) The atmosphere around the disease.
(d) The medications used to treat it.

2. How does Margaret describe her mother’s description of her daughters, as explained in Chapter 42?
(a) As complimentary.
(b) As passive-aggressive.
(c) As surprising.
(d) As regretful.

3. What does her therapist help Lindsay stop doing in Chapter 26?
(a) Binging and purging.
(b) Blaming herself.
(c) Helping her family.
(d) Drinking too much.

4. Who throws Jim out of the house in Chapter 26?
(a) Don Galvin.
(b) Richard Galvin.
(c) Donald Galvin.
(d) Mimi Galvin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kathy end her marriage to Jim, as explained in Chapter 25?

2. What do genome studies reveal about the origin of schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 33?

3. What is the name of Lindsay’s daughter, as revealed in Chapter 37?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lindsay discover in Chapter 41? How does she discover these things?

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

3. What is SHANK2 and what do researchers discover about it in Chapter 36?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Margaret and Lindsay after Mimi’s funeral, as explained in Chapter 44?

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

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

10. What is CHRNA7? What possible treatment does it inspire, as explained in Chapter 37?

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