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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from the counselor, who is involved in Dr. Lovaas's therapy program?
(a) Everyone in the child's life.
(b) The child's family and friends.
(c) The child's family and teacher.
(d) The child's family.

2. What percentage of children have been helped by the therapy Rimland advocates?
(a) Over seventy-five percent.
(b) Over fifty percent.
(c) Over forty percent.
(d) Over thirty percent.

3. Who tries to comfort Catherine regarding Anne Marie's illness?
(a) Marc.
(b) Dr. DeCarlo.
(c) Dr. Baxter.
(d) Daniel.

4. What does the family notice about Anne Marie in Chapter 5?
(a) She is improving.
(b) She is getting worse.
(c) She does not recognize Catherine.
(d) She does not recognize Marc.

5. The foreword is a heartfelt supportive argument for the use of what?
(a) Psychoanalytic counseling.
(b) Speech therapy.
(c) Behavior modification.
(d) Holding therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Ivar Lovaas thanked in the acknowledgments section?

2. Where is Catherine when she finds strength during the family's overseas trip?

3. What do Catherine and Marc know about Anne Marie's diagnosis?

4. What does the Maurice family begin to read about in Chapter 6?

5. What is the name of the neurologist Catherine takes Anne Marie to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the controversy about behavioral modification therapy?

2. Explain the Maurice family's trip to France in Chapter 9.

3. What are the results of Anne Marie's language reevaluation in Chapter 25?

4. What are some of the autistic behaviors Anne Marie exhibits that Catherine describes in Chapter 4?

5. Explain the three things Catherine believes everyone should know about behavioral therapy.

6. What is the therapeutic nursery that is suggested to Catherine, and why doesn't she enroll Anne Marie there?

7. Explain Catherine's concerns about Michel when he is approximately eighteen months old.

8. Explain how Anne Marie's first semester of preschool goes.

9. Explain the process of Anne Marie's diagnosis of infantile autism.

10. What happens when Michel begins school?

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