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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. To what state does Michael move in Chapter 13?

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

3. In Chapter 15, what about the Galvins is known to the community?

4. What disorder do doctors suspect Peter of having in Chapter 22?

5. What theory do Irving Gottesman and James Shields publish on the origins of schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the family visits the Brain Bio Center in Chapter 19?

2. Who is Father Freudenstein and why does he become close to the Galvins in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Lynn DeLisi and for what does she begin searching in Chapter 18?

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

9. What happens to Don Galvin in Chapter 17?

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

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

How does Hidden Valley Road illustrate the role of shame and secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

What role does religion play in Hidden Valley Road? How does religion help the members of the Galvin family, and how does it hurt them?

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