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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. On what occasion did Van der Kolk see Maria again for the first time since she left the residential treatment center?
(a) Maria's 21st birthday.
(b) Maria's 18th birthday.
(c) Maria's high school graduation.
(d) Maria's funeral.

2. 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 bipolar disorder if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Irritability.
(b) Sleeplessness.
(c) Mood swings.
(d) Lethargy.

3. From what borough of New York City did Noam flee with member of his family on 9/11?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Bronx.

4. Victims of child abuse generally receive about how many unrelated diagnoses over the course of their psychiatric treatment?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 9 or 10.
(d) 3 or 4.

5. For how many years did Maria participate in an equine therapy program?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?

2. What diagnosis did Van der Kolk and his colleagues try to add to the DSM-IV before its publication?

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

4. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?

5. Maria told Van der Kolk that working with horses had allowed her to feel what emotion for the very first time?

(see the answer key)

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