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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first sentence of Chapter 1 states that, "Life begins with _______."
(a) Love.
(b) Crying.
(c) Birth.
(d) Loss.

2. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?
(a) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(b) We adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
(c) We crash to the ground.
(d) We grow amazingly strong wings.

3. Mrs. C slept in the same bed as her mother until she was how old?
(a) 5 years old.
(b) 20 years old.
(c) 40 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

4. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?
(a) To give up our need for control.
(b) To give up on being one with our mother.
(c) To give up the many identities we try out.
(d) To give up on the idea that we are independent beings.

5. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) Two grown adults.
(b) An ability to forgive others.
(c) A mature understanding of self.
(d) The separation of self from the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is the name of the personality that evolves when a child cannot trust their own feelings and takes on the personality traits of others?

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