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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Viorst details which famous baby doctor in Chapter 18?
2. Men pursue ______________; women yearn for _______________.
3. How did Cecil and Julia Saunders die?
4. Which famous author wrote this about the loss of his cherished wife: "The first plunge of the knife into the flesh is felt again and again"?
5. Who else, besides mothers, links separation and danger?
Short Essay Questions
1. Viorst describes a sort of "opposites attract" type marriage relationship where each party meets a neurotic need of the other party. What did she call this type of arrangement?
2. According to the book, when does the way we will handle aging begin?
3. What are a few of the difficulties of a marriage relationship mentioned in Chapter 13?
4. Name the five stages of dying described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Briefly describe each stage.
5. How did Viorst's three friends approach death differently?
6. Name two of the stages of mourning that Viorst describes in Chapter 16.
7. What is described as the ultimate separation in Chapter 18?
8. What can happen as a result of a mother's fear that her child's psyche is fragile? How can this affect the child?
9. What happens in our thirties, in relation to our parents?
10. How does baggage from childhood put pressure on a marriage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When mothers who reject our dependency push us from the nest too soon, the author says, we "adapt, or crumple, or compromise." Discuss the ways in which children can respond to each individual situation. In what ways can parents help children through such an experience? Why do you feel parents sometimes prematurely demand independence from their children?
Essay Topic 2
What important steps in human development take place at middle age? Discuss how we continue to define who we are through this process.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the proposal by the author that extended separation from a mother can result in permanent emotional damage in light of our societal structure. If, as the author proposes, our entire societal structure is called into question by a child's absolute need for his or her mother, in what ways would you go about restructuring our society? What changes would you make? How involved should government be? What role would churches and other community organizations play in shifting the priorities of an entire society?
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