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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Breaking the rules.
(c) Sex.
(d) Driving recklessly.

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

3. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.
(b) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(c) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.
(d) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.

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

5. What was the name of the girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?
(a) Rainbows and Unicorns.
(b) No Boys Allowed.
(c) The Rainbow Fleet.
(d) Girls Rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. When we allow some person or group to stand in place of our own conscience, this leads to what?

2. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?

3. In the study discussed in Chapter 8, how many school children were asked how their lives would be different if they woke up the next morning as the opposite sex?

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

5. What is the name of the philosopher who said, "Man is the being who is capable of becoming guilty and is capable of illuminating his guilt"?

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