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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many millions of children are spending all or part of their childhoods in foster care in the United States at any given time?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

2. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?
(a) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(b) Lonesome Dove.
(c) The Red Badge of Courage.
(d) The Sisters Brothers.

3. While Julian was serving in the military, he remembered that he had been sexually abused as a child by which member of his community?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A priest.
(c) A coach.
(d) A teacher.

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

5. Which country's government was responsible for issuing the Southborough Report?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

6. In what decade did articles about False Memory Syndrome begin to appear in magazines across the United States and Europe?
(a) The 2000s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1970s.

7. In what city was Humboldt University located?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

8. The outbreak of which war in the early twentieth century led to a renewed focus on the subject of trauma?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Spanish-Indian War.

9. How much of her childhood did Marilyn remember when she first began to see Van der Kolk?
(a) Very little.
(b) All of it.
(c) Half of it.
(d) Nothing before age 6.

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

11. How many volunteers participated in the study Van der Kolk and a colleague conducted around memories?
(a) 52.
(b) 12.
(c) 76.
(d) 39.

12. The subjects of Van der Kolk's study of memories included how many people who had been abused as children?
(a) 25.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

13. Which individual or group was NOT mentioned among the people Maria was able to talk to as a result of her equine therapy?
(a) The other kids in the program.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her therapist.

14. From what country did the writer of All Quiet on the Western Front hail?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

15. 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) Lethargy.
(c) Sleeplessness.
(d) Mood swings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did Van der Kolk undertake a study of traumatic memories versus benign memories?

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

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

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

5. How many organized attachment strategies have been identified within the methods infants use to get at least some of their needs met?

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