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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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..."
(a) "Holy Streams."
(b) "Fern Hill."
(c) "Young Once."
(d) "Green and Golden."

3. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?
(a) A set of artist's paints.
(b) A pair of roller skates.
(c) A bike.
(d) A dollhouse.

4. What was the title of Delia Ephron's book about adolescent angst referenced in Chapter 10?
(a) Romantic Teens.
(b) Teen Infatuation.
(c) Teenage Romance.
(d) Puppy Love.

5. 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?
(a) Intimacy and Friendship Through College.
(b) Friends and Lovers in the College Years.
(c) My Friend Pat.
(d) Friends and Lovers for Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?

2. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?

3. According to Chapter 8, what does modern science say that all mammals start out as?

4. According to Viorst, in what way do we primarily form our self-identity?

5. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?

(see the answer key)

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