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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Paths to Recovery and Epilogue: Choices to Be Made.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

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

3. How old was Van der Kolk when he attended a summer camp and became interested in medicine?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

4. What is the most preventable cause of mental illness, according to Van der Kolk?
(a) Disorganized attachment.
(b) Early childhood disease.
(c) Child abuse/neglect.
(d) Reduced immunity function.

5. Which score on the ACE questionnaire would indicate the largest risk of negative effects from childhood trauma?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which symptom of Tom's did Van der Kolk focus his initial treatment?

2. How old was Maria when she first came to Van der Kolk's residential treatment center?

3. 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?

4. Between 19 and 34% of survivors of what type of abuse repress all memories of the trauma?

5. Noam, his father, and which other member of his family fled together from the wreckage of the World Trade Center?

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