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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following descriptors can be used to describe the emotions of an adolescent girl?
(a) Developed but over-reactive
(b) Full of perspective
(c) Extreme and inconsistent
(d) Devastating at times

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(b) She is withdrawn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

3. How does Dr. Pipher describe adolescent girls?
(a) Female impersonators
(b) Unpleasing souls
(c) Unrealistic girls
(d) Adult-haters

4. Which adjective best describes how Dr. Pipher believes divorce affects the lives of children?
(a) It surprises them
(b) It relieves problems
(c) It shatters lives
(d) It does not affect them

5. What is the first dimension according to Pipher?
(a) Affection
(b) Cultural norms
(c) Control
(d) Parenting techniques

Short Answer Questions

1. Which category does Dr. Pipher indicate that most fathers fall into?

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

3. Which of the following was not used to describe the values of yesterday described in this chapter?

4. What does Dr. Pipher believe is the underlying reason for Holly's attachment to Lyle?

5. What does Dr. Pipher compare girls of divorce to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the second dimension and the two extremes which make it up as described by Pipher?

2. What contradiction does Dr. Pipher describe between who gets credit for raising a strong daughter and who is more typically responsible?

3. Describe the contradictions that occur between the expectations between the father and mother according to Dr. Pipher.

4. What happens as adolescent girls withdraw from their parents and what does this offer to the girls?

5. Describe the double standard that Dr. Pipher describes as related to the expectations that Americans have?

6. What is dysfunctional, according to Dr. Pipher, and what does this mean for parents?

7. Describe young girls' emotional systems and how this can affect them?

8. How does Dr. Pipher explain the difference between surface structure of behaviors and the deep structure of meaning?

9. What are some of the conflicting messages that adolescent girls are faced with?

10. In what ways does Pipher compare families of the 1990s with those in previous years of history?

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