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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. In what state is the boarding school Mary attends in Chapter 23?

2. According to researcher David Rosenthal in Chapter 9, what causes schizophrenia?

3. What holiday do the boys ruin in Chapter 15?

4. In what branch of the armed forces does Don serve during WWII?

5. What is the name of Brian’s girlfriend, as explained in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Brian in Chapter 16?

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

3. What is the theory schizophrenogenic mother, as explained in Chapter 4?

4. What happens to Donald’s marriage to Jean in Chapter 10? What is the result?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining duty from the perspective of Lindsay. What is duty, according to Lindsay? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses individuals and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of trauma and its aftermath.

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