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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 11, how does young Margaret feel about her brothers?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Worshipful.
(c) Uninterested.
(d) Oblivious.

2. Who lives for a time on the Farm, as explained in Chapter 21?
(a) Michael.
(b) Mark.
(c) Peter.
(d) Richard.

3. Which Galvin brother exercises “supreme authority” (44) over his siblings?
(a) Donald.
(b) Jim.
(c) John.
(d) Brian.

4. What theory involving the origins of schizophrenia does Frieda Fromm-Reichmann help develop?
(a) The schizophrenogenic father.
(b) The schizophrenogenic mother.
(c) The schizophrenogenic home.
(d) The schizophrenogenic child.

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 12, every member of the Galvin family operates in a world without what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Consequences.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Michael convinced in Chapter 13?

2. What holiday do the boys ruin in Chapter 15?

3. What object does Mimi smash while weeping in Chapter 13?

4. As Chapter 1 begins, what hobby have Mimi and Don Galvin taken up?

5. As the prologue begins, how old is Donald Galvin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robert Freedman discover in Chapter 24? What does he develop as a result?

2. What is the Farm? What does Michael learn there in Chapter 21?

3. What happens to Donald’s marriage to Jean in Chapter 10? What is the result?

4. What happens when the family visits the Brain Bio Center in Chapter 19?

5. Who is Lynn DeLisi and for what does she begin searching in Chapter 18?

6. Who is David Rosenthal and what influential work did he publish, as explained in Chapter 9?

7. How does Donald begin to show signs of mental instability in Chapter 7?

8. What change does Mary experience to her home situation in Chapter 23?

9. How is Margaret affected by her home life, as revealed in Chapter 11?

10. What happens as Margaret goes to live with the Garys in Chapter 20?

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