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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are what number of friendships that Viorst labels in Chapter 12?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

3. Who else, besides mothers, links separation and danger?
(a) Grandmothers.
(b) Fathers.
(c) Nannies.
(d) Aunts.

4. Which well-known psychologist noted that if a child can fight a sibling and win, he becomes a fighter. However, if he is not allowed to win, he will often not compete later in life?
(a) Erik Erikson.
(b) Alfred Adler.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Lev Vygotsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?

2. How did Cecil and Julia Saunders die?

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

4. In this book, mentioned in Chapter 12, it is stated that despite sexual feelings toward friends of the same sex, individuals need not necessarily define themselves as "homosexual." What is the name of the book?

5. The following verse is from what poem? "And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns, About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be..."

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