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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?
(a) More dreams.
(b) More people.
(c) More sex.
(d) More fears.

3. In Chapter 16, Viorst quotes which psychologist who wrote the book Loss?
(a) John Bowlby.
(b) Erich Fromm.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) Jean Piaget.

4. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.
(a) Children.
(b) Aggressors.
(c) Mental patients.
(d) Victims.

5. According to Chapter 7, what destroys the innocence of the family bond?
(a) Incest.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Parents who argue.
(d) Divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it called when someone keeps everything just the same after someone dies?

2. According to the book, the conscious daydreams that drift through our minds bring hints to us of what kind of world?

3. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?

4. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.

5. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?

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