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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Physical injury.
(c) Hatred of oneself.
(d) Self-annihilation.

2. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."
(a) Orion.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Homer.

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

4. Viorst feels that there is a always a grain of what in our love relationships?
(a) A grain of hatred.
(b) A grain of jealousy.
(c) A grain of spite.
(d) A grain of insecurity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.

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

3. Mrs. C slept in the same bed as her mother until she was how old?

4. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?

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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