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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 year does Mimi die, as discussed in Chapter 39?

2. Why do some members of the Galvin family gather at Margaret’s home in Chapter 38?

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

4. What controversial treatment does Peter receive in Chapter 34?

5. What change does Donald experience in the late 1980s, as discussed in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Matt feel in the wake of his mother’s death, as he tells Lindsay in Chapter 40?

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

5. What is the problem presented by neuroleptic drugs, as discussed in Chapter 40?

6. How does Margaret view her parents’ secrets after they are revealed in Chapter 41? How does Lindsay feel about them?

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

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

9. What does the reader learn in Chapter 27 about how drug treatments for schizophrenia have changed over time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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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