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1
Changes in life can be experienced as
A)the four seasons.
B)a mysterious entity.
C)a kind of death.
D)a kind of reawakening.
2
What term do theorists use to describe much of the behavior shown by young children in their early experiences with death?
A)Formal operational
B)Role confusion
C)Protothanatic
D)Therapeutic
3
A study by done by Mark Speece suggests that children between the ages of one and three
A)make efforts to come to terms with death-related experiences.
B)are unable to come to terms with death-related experiences.
C)make efforts to pretend that they understand death.
D)are unable to respond to death-related experiences.
4
To help them cope with their thoughts and feelings, seriously ill children need
A)few rules because they already have enough to cope with
B)a rigid structure of daily routines to eliminate uncertainty.
C)mental first aid
D)a lot of time alone.
5
According to a study by Myra Bluebond-Langner, seriously ill children in a leukemia ward were able to guess their condition by
A)adult conversations they overheard
B)comparing themselves to other children on the ward
C)interpreting how people behaved toward them.
D)reading their medical charts when nobody was looking.
6
Which of the following age groups of seriously ill children had major concerns about discomforting and possibly disfiguring effects of the disease and related medical procedures?
A)Children under five
B)Children in the middle group, roughly five to nine
C)Older children
D)These concerns are not typical in children.
7
Sick children racing in wheelchairs through hospital corridors is an example of what coping mechanism?
A)Distancing
B)Bargaining
C)Regression
D)Sublimation
8
Which of the following statements is true about family member participation in caring for a seriously ill child?
A)Parents should carefully consider whether it is in the child's best interest for them to be involved in performing medical procedures that might cause the child pain.
B)Parents should try to play the role of nurse.
C)Parents are better equipped to care for a child's medical needs.
D)The child's physical care should always be left to the medical professionals.
9
What is the best way to help a child cope with the death of a pet?
A)Refrain from talking about it
B)Help the child explore his or her feelings about the death and develop an appropriate understanding of it
C)Replace the pet as soon as possible
D)Attempt to hide the fact from the child
10
Of all the deaths that may be experienced in childhood, the most affecting is likely to be the death of a
A)sibling.
B)pet.
C)parent.
D)friend.
11
If a child imagines that he or she somehow played a role in the events leading to the death of a relative or friend, what emotion might be expected to predominate?
A)Guilt
B)Anger
C)Hate
D)Sadness
12
What does a sibling's death represent?
A)Loss of security
B)Sense of vulnerability
C)Loss of affection
D)Sense of how people die
13
Which of the following is important in discussing death with children?
A)Listen to and acknowledge the reality of the child's experience
B)Answer the child's questions honestly and directly
C)Provide an explanation that corresponds to the child's ability to understand
D)All of the above
14
In order for parents to protect their children from the reality of death, they must
A)redirect the child's natural curiosity to another topic.
B)exclude children from participating in death experiences.
C)ignore the child's concerns because of their limited ability to understand.
D)Death is a fact of life that cannot be ignored.
15
What is the term that describes using books as an aid in coping with loss?
A)Protothanatic
B)Psychotherapy
C)Fiction therapy
D)Bibliotherapy





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