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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Art Buchwald, what are "the three worst words in the language"?
(a) Isolated, hopeless, angry.
(b) Lonely, stray, hospital.
(c) Hebrew, orphan, asylum.
(d) Jewish, urchin, institution.

3. What is the key achievement of mid-life according to Viorst?
(a) Moving our parents to a nursing home.
(b) Letting loose and exploring unfulfilled dreams.
(c) Uniting ourselves with reality and achieving balance.
(d) Getting the children out of the house.

4. There are _______ unanswered questions about the innate differences between the sexes.
(a) Few.
(b) Many.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Flimsy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?

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

3. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?

4. Marvin and _______ experience great physical discomfort because of their unconscious guilt.

5. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?

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