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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 girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?
(a) No Boys Allowed.
(b) Rainbows and Unicorns.
(c) The Rainbow Fleet.
(d) Girls Rule.

2. Name the foiled romantic in Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
(a) Emma.
(b) Jane.
(c) Soline.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. Which well-known psychologist noted that if a child can fight a sibling and win, he becomes a fighter. However, if he is not allowed to win, he will often not compete later in life?
(a) Alfred Adler.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Lev Vygotsky.
(d) Erik Erikson.

4. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?
(a) One state away.
(b) One day on a horse.
(c) One mile.
(d) Ten miles.

5. According to Chapter 14, parents suffer from the one of the following in a similar fashion to children.
(a) Separation anxiety.
(b) Fear of abandonment.
(c) Insecurity about themselves.
(d) Oedipus complex.

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. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?

3. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?

4. The following headline ran in what paper? "HER OUTSIDE PREOCCUPATION CAN LEAVE HIM ISOLATED AT TIME OF MORE LEISURE"

5. According to Viorst, "A new dream will arise when we begin to have our babies..." What is it?

(see the answer key)

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