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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. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Florida.

2. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?
(a) Elvin Semrad.
(b) Saul Zaentz.
(c) Abram Kardiner.
(d) Paul Harrington.

3. The majority of the patients previously diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder reported being the victim of abuse before what age?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

4. Van der Kolk states that he wrote the book to serve "as both a guide" (14) and what other object?
(a) A
(b) A boost.
(c) A hand.
(d) An invitation.

5. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts how many children watching their father complete a task?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which score on the ACE questionnaire would indicate the largest risk of negative effects from childhood trauma?

2. Which group(s) of research subjects viewing the photograph of a father and his children free-associate violent stories?

3. For how many years did Maria participate in an equine therapy program?

4. How many millions of children are spending all or part of their childhoods in foster care in the United States at any given time?

5. In which part of the brain did PTSD sufferers show no activity when shown images of people looking at them with direct gazes?

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