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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Minds of Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?
(a) His uncle Michael.
(b) His best friend Michael.
(c) His camp counselor Michael.
(d) His cousin Michael.

2. Van der Kolk states that when people are faced with danger, they secrete what substance?
(a) Pheromones.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Stress hormones.
(d) Sweat.

3. What is NOT a trauma to which the woman featured in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self was subjected?
(a) Child abuse.
(b) Kidnapping.
(c) Rape.
(d) Incest.

4. Which attachment strategy is NOT classified among the group of organized attachment strategies?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Secure.
(c) Avoidant.
(d) Anxious.

5. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with ADD if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Restlessness.
(d) Tremors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?

2. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?

3. Van der Kolk states that "we now know that" what fraction of people who seek psychiatric care "have been assaulted, abandoned, neglected, or even raped as children, or have witnessed violence in their families" (28)?

4. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?

5. What activity did Maria engage in during the years she worked with horses?

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