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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 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. In the dedication to the book, what object does Van der Kolk use to metaphorically characterize his patients?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Keys.
(c) Beacons.
(d) Kingdoms.

4. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Love.
(d) Truth.

5. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of object did a group of veterans to whom Van der Kolk provided care give him for Christmas one year?

2. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7: , "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts children watching their father complete what task?

3. What are the only people in Noam's drawing doing within his picture of the scene of 9/11?

4. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?

5. What is NOT an area of the brain pointed out within the set of images in Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution?

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