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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of standard does Dr. Pipher believe Americans have in relation to values and beliefs?
(a) Inadequate
(b) Double
(c) Low
(d) High

2. Who or what does Pipher hold responsible for the split between child and adult during adolescence?
(a) Hormones
(b) Males
(c) Parents
(d) Culture

3. What does Dr. Pipher define the change to traditional teasing in today's modern society?
(a) Sexual harassment
(b) Abuse
(c) Torture
(d) Mean-spirited

4. With what does Dr. Pipher believe adolescent girls have an enormous preoccupation in their own lives?
(a) Their parents
(b) Their peers
(c) Their bodies
(d) Their cultural norms

5. Which type of parents have teens who are impulsive, irresponsible and dependent?
(a) Authoritarian high in control and low in acceptance parents
(b) Indulgent low in control and high in acceptance parents
(c) Authoritarian low in control and high in acceptance parents
(d) Indulgent high in control and low in acceptance parents

6. How does Pipher define authenticity?
(a) Owning all experiences
(b) Owning all experiences that are socially acceptable
(c) Owning all experiences that are not traumatic
(d) Disowning all experiences

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

8. In what way does Dr. Pipher say that girls often shock their mothers?
(a) They quit school
(b) They run away from home
(c) They become sexually active
(d) They turn to drugs and alcohol

9. Which type of parents may have children who struggle in social settings and lack confidence?
(a) Authoritarian high in control and low in acceptance
(b) Authoritarian low in control and high in acceptance
(c) Indulgent low in control and high in acceptance
(d) Indulgent high in control and low in acceptance

10. Which of the following is not how daughters describe their supportive fathers?
(a) Fun to be with
(b) Difficult to talk to
(c) Companionable
(d) Deeply involved

11. What does Dr. Pipher indicate that most teens are not mature enough to understand?
(a) Parents involved in divorce are suffering too
(b) Parents involved in divorce are not punishing the teens
(c) Parents involved in divorce still love them
(d) Parents involved in divorce are happier and have less pressure

12. Which of the following does not describe Cayenne as a young girl?
(a) Feisty
(b) Ambitious
(c) Enthusiastic
(d) Self-conscious

13. What disease does Katie's mother ,Pete, suffer from that debilitates her?
(a) Arthritis
(b) Parkinson's Disease
(c) Cancer
(d) Muscular Dystrophy

14. How does Dr. Pipher describe her cousin Polly as a young girl?
(a) She is ladylike
(b) She is withdrawn
(c) She is very into makeup
(d) She is a Tomboy

15. What do many teens do after a divorce?
(a) The reject their peers
(b) They seek out a connection with one of the parents
(c) They run away from home
(d) They reject their parents' authority

Short Answer Questions

1. Which girls does Dr. Pipher indicate handle divorce the best?

2. What do the dreams of being paralyzed or being stuck in quicksand represent according to Pipher?

3. Which of the following is not one of the types of father-daughter relationships Dr. Pipher describes?

4. Why does Fay bring her daughter into therapy?

5. Who does Dr. Pipher say is often given the credit for raising strong daughters?

(see the answer keys)

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