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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?
(a) Learning to accept and love ourselves.
(b) Proving we are competent individuals.
(c) Seeking the unconditional love of our mother's arms.
(d) Vying for our father's affection.

3. According to the author, absence makes the heart grow _____________.
(a) Colder.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Fonder.
(d) Warmer.

4. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."
(a) Orion.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Homer.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?

2. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?

3. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?

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?

5. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.

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