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

2. What is explained in the foreword?
(a) Behavior modification.
(b) Speech therapy.
(c) Psychoanalytic counseling.
(d) Holding therapy.

3. What does the Maurice family begin to read about in Chapter 6?
(a) Autism.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Metabolic disorders.
(d) Infant allergies.

4. What diagnosis description does Catherine find in a book that seems to fit Anne Marie's behavior?
(a) Infantile autism.
(b) Colic.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Ear infection.

5. What part of the behavioral therapy program does Catherine choose not to use?
(a) Seclusion.
(b) Aversives.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Animal therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one symptom of Anne Marie's autism that affects her behavior?

2. Who is the author's husband?

3. What does Marc promise Catherine he will do for his family?

4. What does Catherine sense about Anne Marie in Chapter 1?

5. What do Catherine and Marc note about their child at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens at Catherine's last two visits to the holding therapy clinic.

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

3. Explain Bruno Bettelheim's view of autism.

4. Explain Anne Marie's experience with a plate of crackers from Chapter 15.

5. Explain what happens with Michel on a trip at the end of Chapter 29.

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

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

8. According to Chapter 17, why do Anne Marie's negative behaviors increase and how are they handled by Catherine?

9. What therapists does Catherine thank in the acknowledgments section?

10. Explain how holding therapy goes for Catherine in Chapter 12 and how it affects her feelings toward behavioral therapy.

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