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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. As Chapter 31 begins, how old is Mimi?
2. What does Kate expect to find in the lab, as explained in Chapter 45?
3. How does Margaret interpret her parents’ secrets, as explained in Chapter 41?
4. What do genome studies reveal about the origin of schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 33?
5. What feelings are provoked in Lindsay after Margaret keeps her distance in Chapter 38?
Short Essay Questions
1. What decision does Margaret make in Chapter 25? How do others in her life feel about this decision?
2. What is SHANK2 and what do researchers discover about it in Chapter 36?
3. Why is Lynn DeLisi’s research shut down in Chapter 33?
4. Who is Louise Silvern? What does she do for Lindsay in Chapter 26?
5. How does Margaret feel about her mother in Chapter 38? About herself?
6. What devastating news does Mimi learn in Chapter 31? How does she react?
7. What is the problem presented by neuroleptic drugs, as discussed in Chapter 40?
8. What deaths occur in Chapter 35? What are the causes of these deaths?
9. What memory does Margaret have about her mother in Chapter 42? What does she think of this memory?
10. What is CHRNA7? What possible treatment does it inspire, as explained in Chapter 37?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lindsay finds herself involved in several conflicts during her childhood and adulthood. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on both herself and her family.
Essay Topic 2
Lindsay experiences great change over the course of the book. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the book’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the coping mechanisms of Mimi, Margaret, and Lindsay. Each of them cope with their childhood traumas as well as their family’s schizophrenia in different ways. How are they similar, and how are they different?
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