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

2. What does Myra do to her parents?
(a) She ran away from home
(b) She rebels against them
(c) She physically attacks them
(d) She drinks and does drugs with them

3. Which of the following is not one of the types of father-daughter relationships Dr. Pipher describes?
(a) Supportive
(b) Reluctant
(c) Distant
(d) Abusive

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes how Dr. Pipher feels about Western civilization and mothers?

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

4. Why does Fay bring her daughter into therapy?

5. Who or what does Miller hold responsible for the split between child and adult during adolescence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe why Pete is concerned about his relationship with his daughter and what Dr. Pipher does about this relationship.

3. Why does Dr. Pipher describe adolescent girls as female impersonators?

4. Why does Dr. Pipher believe that adolescents are most impacted by divorce?

5. According to Dr. Pipher, which is better for children: an unhappy marriage or a divorce? Why does she feel the way she does?

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

7. What suggestions does Dr. Pipher make to Franchesca and how does Franchesca change based on the suggestions?

8. Why does Dr. Pipher believe that young girls are particularly difficult to develop theories about in regard to treatment?

9. According to Miller, what do patients do to fit in better?

10. How do teenagers view their parents' divorces and what happens to the authority of the parents after a divorce?

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