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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 Lynn DeLisi describe the Galvins when she meets for the first time in Chapter 27?
2. To whom does Margaret become engaged while in college, as explained in Chapter 25?
3. Who tries to talk Margaret out of her engagement, as explained in Chapter 25?
4. From what does Margaret’s inspiration come, as explained in Chapter 42?
5. Who throws Jim out of the house in Chapter 26?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Mimi in Chapter 38? Who cares for her?
2. What memory does Margaret have about her mother in Chapter 42? What does she think of this memory?
3. As Chapter 31 begins, whom does Mimi blame for the boys’ schizophrenia? Why?
4. What kindness does Lindsay perform in Chapter 30? Why? What is the effect of her kind act?
5. How has Lindsay parented her children as a result of her family’s history with schizophrenia, as explained in Chapter 45?
6. What is SHANK2 and what do researchers discover about it in Chapter 36?
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 happens to Margaret and Lindsay after Mimi’s funeral, as explained in Chapter 44?
10. What does the reader learn in Chapter 27 about how drug treatments for schizophrenia have changed over time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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