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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?
(a) New beginning.
(b) First separation.
(c) Launch of independence.
(d) Original loss.

3. According to the author, absence makes the heart grow _____________.
(a) Colder.
(b) Fonder.
(c) Warmer.
(d) Frantic.

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

5. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(b) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.
(c) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(d) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?

2. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?

3. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?

4. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?

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

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