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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?
(a) Rainbows and Unicorns.
(b) No Boys Allowed.
(c) The Rainbow Fleet.
(d) Girls Rule.

2. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.
(a) Worse when we are sick or injured.
(b) Never relinquished.
(c) Only quenched when we find another meaningful relationship.
(d) Satisfied upon entry into adulthood.

3. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?
(a) By becoming adults.
(b) Through punishment and shame.
(c) Through our conscience.
(d) Through guilt.

4. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."
(a) Bisexual.
(b) Asexual.
(c) Primarily sexual.
(d) Homosexual.

5. According to Viorst, what is one of our first treasures that we don't want to share?
(a) Our mother's milk.
(b) Our mother's love.
(c) Our special blanket.
(d) Our father's love.

6. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?
(a) In an effort to correct them.
(b) In an effort to torture ourselves.
(c) In an effort to rehearse for the future.
(d) In an effort to assess how we performed.

7. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?
(a) Hunger.
(b) A sense of independence.
(c) Pain and permanent damage.
(d) A good chance to socialize with other people.

8. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?
(a) When puberty occurs.
(b) When separation occurs.
(c) When the mother tells the child, "No!" for the first time.
(d) When adolescence occurs.

9. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?
(a) Repetition compulsion.
(b) Bad habits.
(c) Revisiting the past.
(d) Familiarity complex.

10. How did Viorst fantasize about taking care of the bully who was bothering her son?
(a) Talking to his parents.
(b) Shoving him in front of a truck.
(c) Shooting him.
(d) Holding him up against a tree until he promised not to do it anymore.

11. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) Only in the United States.
(b) It depends on the parenting style.
(c) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.
(d) Only in industrialized nations.

12. According to Chapter 11, what is built of imperfect connections?
(a) Childhood.
(b) The parent-child relationship.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Reality.

13. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?
(a) Her mother's upstairs neighbor being loaded into an ambulance.
(b) Everyone having a block party.
(c) Her mother being loaded into an ambulance.
(d) A fire and fire truck.

14. According to the book, the conscious daydreams that drift through our minds bring hints to us of what kind of world?
(a) A magical, beautiful world.
(b) A rogue, subterranean world.
(c) A perfect world.
(d) A just world.

15. According to Chapter 11, we sometimes fear that our fantasies can do what?
(a) Change us.
(b) Reveal the sick, depraved person we really are.
(c) Make us mean.
(d) Have the power to control reality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Some primitive tribes have allowed their men to express what sort of envy?

3. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?

4. Who created the character Alexander Portnoy?

5. According to the author, what do babies need?

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