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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?
(a) Strict parenting.
(b) Uninvolved parenting.
(c) Over-protective parenting.
(d) Imaginative parenting.

2. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Driving recklessly.
(c) Sex.
(d) Breaking the rules.

3. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(b) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.
(c) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(d) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.

4. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?
(a) It can impose limitations on our talents and interests.
(b) It can leave one child overshadowed by the other.
(c) It can lead to competition in those different areas.
(d) It can result in negative personality traits such as pride, arrogance, or narcissism.

5. In Chapter 8, the author discusses another "necessary loss." Which one is it?
(a) The limitations imposed on us due to our being male or female.
(b) That we must let go in order to love.
(c) The loss of our heterosexuality.
(d) The loss of the exclusive love of our mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 3 addresses how the "Private I" is the person who lives underneath the facade that is created in order to ___________ those around them.

2. What was the title of Delia Ephron's book about adolescent angst referenced in Chapter 10?

3. According to Viorst, what types of feelings are present in ALL friendships?

4. When the child decides to replace the hostility towards the new sibling with some other activity, it is referred to as what?

5. Who wrote the book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?

(see the answer key)

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