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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?
(a) It can impose limitations on our talents and interests.
(b) It can leave one child overshadowed by the other.
(c) It can result in negative personality traits such as pride, arrogance, or narcissism.
(d) It can lead to competition in those different areas.

2. What sort of thing did Selena's children no longer want her to do when they separated?
(a) Set out their clothes.
(b) Make a Travel Book.
(c) Leave a note on their dresser.
(d) Hire a babysitter.

3. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."
(a) Learning.
(b) Life.
(c) Love.
(d) Grief.

4. What does the father in the poem referenced in Chapter 14 finally conclude?
(a) That his children will just grow up and go away.
(b) That he must let his children go.
(c) That he can indeed protect his children.
(d) That he never should have had children.

5. As our parents grow old, get sick, and die, we learn to do what in relation to imperfect connections?
(a) Ignore them and continue on our own path.
(b) Stop complaining about them.
(c) Work them out.
(d) Give thanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 12 lists what?

2. Parents have trouble seeing their children as what?

3. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?

4. Some primitive tribes have allowed their men to express what sort of envy?

5. What is the key achievement of mid-life according to Viorst?

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