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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?
(a) A good chance to socialize with other people.
(b) Hunger.
(c) A sense of independence.
(d) Pain and permanent damage.

2. According to Chapter 8, it is believed that girls have a greater _______________ ability as opposed to boys.
(a) Verbal.
(b) Physical.
(c) Math.
(d) Mothering.

3. Repression, reaction formation, isolation, and denial are all mechanisms of defense against what?
(a) Insecurity.
(b) Rivalry.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

4. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?
(a) Being our mother's favorite.
(b) Being best friends with our sibling.
(c) Living an idyllic life.
(d) Absolute love.

5. "Our conscience is our _____________ installed in our mind."
(a) Religion.
(b) Parents.
(c) Society.
(d) Collective consciousness.

6. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?
(a) Imaginative parenting.
(b) Uninvolved parenting.
(c) Over-protective parenting.
(d) Strict parenting.

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

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

9. Which fictional character mentioned in the book chooses not to become a man, and stay as a boy forever?
(a) Saint George.
(b) Robin Hood.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) King Arthur.

10. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear punishment from the rival parent.
(b) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.
(c) They fear retaliation from siblings.
(d) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.

11. When we allow some person or group to stand in place of our own conscience, this leads to what?
(a) Deficient guilt.
(b) Unconscious guilt.
(c) Indiscriminate guilt.
(d) Dependent guilt.

12. According to the author, what do babies need?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Fathers.
(d) A consistent caregiver.

13. As a result of unconscious guilt, criminals sometimes do what?
(a) Hide thier crimes.
(b) Lie to authority figures.
(c) Confess.
(d) Leave self-damaging evidence.

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

15. Drugs, communing with nature, religious experiences, and meditation are all ways in which people seek to what?
(a) Reach a higher level of awareness.
(b) Fit in and find acceptance with others.
(c) Escape from the stress of everyday life.
(d) Bridge the loss of oneness with our mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.

2. According to Freud, when does the age of latency occur?

3. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?

4. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?

5. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?

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