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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Escaping to an earlier stage of development in an effort to deal with socially unacceptable feelings toward a new sibling is called what?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Two steps back.
(c) Escapism.
(d) Regression.

2. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Intensify.
(b) Diminish.
(c) Increase.
(d) Disappear.

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

4. During the age of latency, fear, anger, and harsh conscience make it difficult to do what?
(a) Maintain a good relationship with our parents.
(b) Concentrate on school.
(c) Develop into our own person.
(d) Make the break from our parents.

5. According to Viorst, how often do families discuss sibling rivalry?
(a) Families do not discuss it at all.
(b) Families do not discuss it until the children are grown.
(c) Families discuss it frequently.
(d) Families discuss it only when there is a fight between siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Intimate male-female relationships are rare because of what?

2. What was the name of the married woman with four children, mentioned in Chapter 12, who formed a non-sexual friendship with another man?

3. What was the name of the girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?

4. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?

5. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?

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