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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, A Fence at the Top of the Hill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What choice does Alice Miller indicate young children have to make?
(a) Be authentic or hateful
(b) Be honest or loved
(c) Be authentic or deceitful
(d) Be honest or dishonest

2. Which of the following is not a reason that teens use drugs and alcohol?
(a) Biological predisposition
(b) Physiological needs
(c) Experimentation
(d) Psychological problems

3. According to Dr. Pipher, adolescence requires daughters to distance themselves from who?
(a) Their parents
(b) The person with whom they are most closely identified
(c) Their peers
(d) Their siblings

4. Which of the following was not used to describe the values of yesterday described in this chapter?
(a) They were racist
(b) They were sexist
(c) They were unintroduced
(d) They were patriarchal

5. What does Dr. Pipher indicate that adolescent girls need in order to survive and flourish?
(a) Parents
(b) Roots
(c) Peers
(d) Counseling

Short Answer Questions

1. Which comparison best describes the concept of young girls suppressing their true selves and trying to constantly please others?

2. Which of the following terms does Dr. Pipher use to describe pregnancy in the 1950s?

3. Why are alcohol and marijuana popular with teenage girls?

4. Which of the following skills does Dr. Pipher stress girls, in particular, need to be encouraged to do?

5. How do highly gifted girls react to world events?

(see the answer key)

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