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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Art Buchwald, what are "the three worst words in the language"?
(a) Jewish, urchin, institution.
(b) Hebrew, orphan, asylum.
(c) Isolated, hopeless, angry.
(d) Lonely, stray, hospital.
2. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Increase.
(b) Intensify.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Disappear.
3. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?
(a) Their needs are greater than their mother's.
(b) Their needs are the same as their mother's.
(c) Their needs are different than their mother's.
(d) Their needs are less than their mother's.
4. 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) Erik Erikson.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Lev Vygotsky.
5. Which fictional character mentioned in the book chooses not to become a man, and stay as a boy forever?
(a) Robin Hood.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Saint George.
(d) Peter Pan.
6. 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.
7. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?
(a) They split from relationships their whole life because they think in terms of black and white.
(b) They form a very close relationship with their fathers.
(c) They shun perfect and evil people alike, looking for complete mediocrity in the perfect mate.
(d) They compare everyone they meet to their mothers.
8. Viorst states that what kind of parents are sexually attracted to their child?
(a) Degenerate parents.
(b) Normal parents.
(c) Adoptive parents.
(d) Same-sex parents.
9. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) Only in industrialized nations.
(b) It depends on the parenting style.
(c) Only in the United States.
(d) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.
10. The following verse is from what poem? "And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns, About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be..."
(a) "Green and Golden."
(b) "Fern Hill."
(c) "Holy Streams."
(d) "Young Once."
11. How did Viorst fantasize about taking care of the bully who was bothering her son?
(a) Holding him up against a tree until he promised not to do it anymore.
(b) Shooting him.
(c) Talking to his parents.
(d) Shoving him in front of a truck.
12. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?
(a) In an effort to torture ourselves.
(b) In an effort to assess how we performed.
(c) In an effort to correct them.
(d) In an effort to rehearse for the future.
13. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?
(a) One mile.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) One state away.
(d) One day on a horse.
14. Who wrote the book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?
(a) J.K. Rowling
(b) Madeleine L'Engle
(c) Judy Blume
(d) Beverly Cleary
15. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.
(b) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.
(c) They fear punishment from the rival parent.
(d) They fear retaliation from siblings.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Cinderella Complex says that women are programmed for what?
2. Who said, "To be a man, a woman, an adult, is to accept responsibility"?
3. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
4. Who created the character Alexander Portnoy?
5. What is composed of our noblest goals?
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