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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous author's memoir entitled Speak, Memory does Viorst reference at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Frank McCourt
(b) James Joyce
(c) Vladimir Nabokov
(d) Leo Tolstoy

2. According to the author, what do babies need?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Mothers.
(d) A consistent caregiver.

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

4. Sigmund Freud once said, "When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ______________?"
(a) Crazy or sane.
(b) Smart or stupid.
(c) Old or young.
(d) Male or female.

5. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) It depends on the parenting style.
(b) Only in industrialized nations.
(c) Only in the United States.
(d) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Viorst references The World According to Garp and a mishearing of this term by a child.

2. 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?

3. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?

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

5. "Reality testing" means what?

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