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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Worshiping the Gods of Thinness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter Rowen describe anorexia?
(a) Being a cloud without rain
(b) Being thirsty in the rain
(c) Being a flower in the desert
(d) Being a rose without thorns

2. Which of the following is not an accurate description of how divorce makes adolescents feel?
(a) Angry
(b) Self-absorbed
(c) Abandoned
(d) Embarrassed

3. How does Dr. Pipher describe parents for adolescent girls?
(a) Unstable
(b) Saplings
(c) Root system
(d) Endless suffering

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes the relationship between Whitney and Evelyn?
(a) Too close
(b) Surprising
(c) Terrible
(d) Intimate

5. Daughters are expected to love their mothers, but not to do which of the following?
(a) Love their fathers
(b) Be like them too much
(c) Allow them to coddle them too much
(d) Distance themselves from their mother

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. Pipher, many professions which have members who diet to be successful soon may become?

2. Which of the following themes does not appear to be rooted in cultural ideals rather than personality development according to Dr. Pipher?

3. Which of the following professions is not at high risk for developing bulimia?

4. Which type of girl is usually more prone to alcoholism?

5. Which of the following finishes the following conflicting messages: Girls should be independent but _____________.

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