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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous family does Viorst mention in Chapter 15?
(a) The Vanderbilts.
(b) The Windsors.
(c) The Kennedys.
(d) The Carnegies.

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

3. Who wrote the book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?
(a) Madeleine L'Engle
(b) Judy Blume
(c) J.K. Rowling
(d) Beverly Cleary

4. What is composed of our noblest goals?
(a) Our ego.
(b) Our ego ideal.
(c) Our superego.
(d) Our id.

5. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.
(b) Only in industrialized nations.
(c) It depends on the parenting style.
(d) Only in the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else, besides mothers, links separation and danger?

2. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?

3. As our parents grow old, get sick, and die, we learn to do what in relation to imperfect connections?

4. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?

5. According to Otto Kernberg, adolescent romantic love is the normal, crucial beginning of what?

(see the answer key)

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