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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 12, growing up involves giving up what illusion?
(a) That friendship is infallible.
(b) That death is inevitable.
(c) That our parents are perfect.
(d) That the universe revolves around us.

2. According to Chapter 8, it is believed that girls have a greater _______________ ability as opposed to boys.
(a) Math.
(b) Mothering.
(c) Verbal.
(d) Physical.

3. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?
(a) The Twelve Stages of Life.
(b) The Eight Ages of Man.
(c) The Five Cycles of a Human.
(d) The Four Periods of Growth.

4. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?
(a) Our actions.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Our pretend play.
(d) Wishful thinking.

5. What is the name of the personality that evolves when a child cannot trust their own feelings and takes on the personality traits of others?
(a) "Shifting personality."
(b) "Borderline personality."
(c) "Chameleon personality."
(d) "As-if personality."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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