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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viorst feels that there is a always a grain of what in our love relationships?
(a) A grain of hatred.
(b) A grain of insecurity.
(c) A grain of spite.
(d) A grain of jealousy.

2. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?
(a) To give up the many identities we try out.
(b) To give up our need for control.
(c) To give up on being one with our mother.
(d) To give up on the idea that we are independent beings.

3. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?
(a) Warm, fuzzy feelings.
(b) Great anxiety.
(c) Higher achievements.
(d) Spontaneous smiling.

4. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?
(a) They shun perfect and evil people alike, looking for complete mediocrity in the perfect mate.
(b) They form a very close relationship with their fathers.
(c) They split from relationships their whole life because they think in terms of black and white.
(d) They compare everyone they meet to their mothers.

5. The first sentence of Chapter 1 states that, "Life begins with _______."
(a) Loss.
(b) Love.
(c) Crying.
(d) Birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?

2. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?

3. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."

4. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?

5. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?

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