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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?
(a) Warm, fuzzy feelings.
(b) Spontaneous smiling.
(c) Great anxiety.
(d) Higher achievements.

2. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?
(a) Living an idyllic life.
(b) Absolute love.
(c) Being best friends with our sibling.
(d) Being our mother's favorite.

3. Which fictional character mentioned in the book chooses not to become a man, and stay as a boy forever?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Robin Hood.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Saint George.

4. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) One mile.
(c) One state away.
(d) One day on a horse.

5. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?
(a) Hunter.
(b) Potter.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?

2. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?

3. Seeing our own feelings as those of the new baby's is known as what?

4. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?

5. While in the hospital, a little boy who was set on fire by his mother is crying for whom?

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