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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Escaping to an earlier stage of development in an effort to deal with socially unacceptable feelings toward a new sibling is called what?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Regression.
(c) Two steps back.
(d) Escapism.

2. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
(a) A well-adjusted adult.
(b) A separate self.
(c) Someone who makes our mother proud.
(d) A narcissist.

3. 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) Jean Piaget.
(b) Alfred Adler.
(c) Lev Vygotsky.
(d) Erik Erikson.

4. According to Viorst, how often do families discuss sibling rivalry?
(a) Families do not discuss it until the children are grown.
(b) Families do not discuss it at all.
(c) Families discuss it only when there is a fight between siblings.
(d) Families discuss it frequently.

5. Seeing our own feelings as those of the new baby's is known as what?
(a) Entanglement of self.
(b) Projection.
(c) Yours and mine syndrome.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. C slept in the same bed as her mother until she was how old?

2. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."

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

4. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."

5. 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?

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