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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 3 addresses how the "Private I" is the person who lives underneath the facade that is created in order to ___________ those around them.
(a) Mock.
(b) Scare away.
(c) Protect.
(d) Please.

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 adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
(b) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(c) We grow amazingly strong wings.
(d) We crash to the ground.

3. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?
(a) Their needs are the same as their mother's.
(b) Their needs are different than their mother's.
(c) Their needs are greater than their mother's.
(d) Their needs are less than their mother's.

4. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.
(a) Better than average.
(b) Inadequate.
(c) Stern.
(d) Perfect.

5. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?
(a) Pain and permanent damage.
(b) A sense of independence.
(c) A good chance to socialize with other people.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?

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

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

4. While in the hospital, a little boy who was set on fire by his mother is crying for whom?

5. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."

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