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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the "weird little novel" mentioned by Viorst in Chapter 8?
(a) The Moviegoer.
(b) The Men's Club.
(c) Confederacy of Dunces.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

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

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

4. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?
(a) Climb into a time machine and go back.
(b) Mourn the past and move on.
(c) Talk to the people in our past.
(d) Ignore the past and move on.

5. What was the name of the married woman with four children, mentioned in Chapter 12, who formed a non-sexual friendship with another man?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. A man in his forties confessed to Viorst that he reviewed his life insurance policy after he was diagnosed with what?

2. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?

3. According to Chapter 9, what feeling could be fear of the loss of our own love?

4. Who wrote the book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?

5. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?

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