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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are we often unaware of that we bring with us into a marriage?
(a) The unfinished business of childhood.
(b) Our parent's relationship.
(c) The Oedipus complex.
(d) Perfect love.

2. 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 can indeed protect his children.
(c) That he never should have had children.
(d) That he must let his children go.

3. 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?
(a) "Chameleon personality."
(b) "As-if personality."
(c) "Borderline personality."
(d) "Shifting personality."

4. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?
(a) It is formed in our mind.
(b) It is inborn and shaped by our environment.
(c) It comes from our DNA.
(d) It comes from the messages around us.

5. The title of Chapter 12 lists what?
(a) Types of parenting styles.
(b) Types of adults.
(c) Types of teenagers.
(d) Types of friendships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher does Viorst quote in Chapter 14?

2. What is the name of the philosopher who said, "Man is the being who is capable of becoming guilty and is capable of illuminating his guilt"?

3. What was the name of the married woman with four children, mentioned in Chapter 12, who formed a non-sexual friendship with another man?

4. According to a psychologist in Chapter 13, husbands and wives are each other's what?

5. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?

(see the answer key)

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