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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. What is the name of the therapist Lindsay begins seeing in Chapter 26?

2. Who thwarts Freedman’s quest for a new drug treatment, as explained in Chapter 32?

3. What function does SHANK2 play, as explained in Chapter 36?

4. On what does Mimi blame the boys’ schizophrenia, as revealed at the start of Chapter 31?

5. According to Daniel Weinberger time in Chapter 27, which part of the schizophrenic brain is smaller than those of normal brains?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How has Lindsay parented her children as a result of her family’s history with schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 45?

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

8. According to Nancy Gary in Chapter 44, why was Margaret rescued and not Lindsay? How does Lindsay react to this news?

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

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

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

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 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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