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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. How does Margaret interpret her parents’ secrets, as explained in Chapter 41?

2. Which brother moves in with Lindsay in Chapter 30?

3. According to Lindsay in Chapter 41, what does secrecy create?

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

5. What does Kate expect to find in the lab, as explained in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. What devastating news does Mimi learn in Chapter 31? How does she react?

2. How have the older boys changed over time, as explained in Chapter 28? What has caused these changes?

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

4. What does Robert Freedman discover about the Galvins in Chapter 32?

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

6. How does Margaret attempt to heal from the past, as explained in Chapter 29? What does she not do?

7. What kindness does Lindsay perform in Chapter 30? Why? What is the effect of her kind act?

8. According to the author in Chapter 43, what has not changed regarding schizophrenia? What has changed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Many members of the Galvin family experience intense fear. Discuss three individuals, objects, or situations and explain how each experiences fear and how each deals with it.

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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