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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the Galvins move to Hidden Valley Road, as revealed in Chapter 6?

2. What does the Farm teach the Galvin boy who lives there in Chapter 21?

3. To what does Robert Freedman attribute the development of schizophrenia in Chapter 24?

4. What medical event does Don Galvin experience in Chapter 17?

5. Between what two extremes does Mary ricochet in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Margaret affected by her home life, as revealed in Chapter 11?

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

3. How has the situation gotten worse at home, as demonstrated in Chapter 22?

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

5. To whom does Mimi break down in Chapter 17? What is the result?

6. How does Donald begin to show signs of mental instability in Chapter 7?

7. What does Robert Freedman discover in Chapter 24? What does he develop as a result?

8. What happens between Mary and Donald in the prologue?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The members of the Galvin family all highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three individuals and explain how each illustrates this idea, using textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Lindsay experiences great change over the course of the book. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the book’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the mothers to the book. Mimi has a powerful impact on her children; later, Lindsay has a powerful impact on her two children. What other mothers appear in the book? Discuss the impact of mothers and how the issue of motherhood furthers the conflicts and themes of Hidden Valley Road.

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