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

2. Where does Dr. Pipher indicate an adolescent who is untroubled usually looks for guidance?
(a) To her peers
(b) To her parents
(c) To adult role models
(d) Within herself

3. What percentage of families fits the traditional dynamic according to Pipher?
(a) 14%
(b) 5%
(c) 32%
(d) 21%

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Dr. Pipher believe that bright, sensitive girls are more at risk for problems?

3. With what does Dr. Pipher believe adolescent girls have an enormous preoccupation in their own lives?

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

5. At what ages would Freud consider the latency period for girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Pipher believe is the root cause of the split that occurs in early childhood?

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

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

4. What concerns Dr. Pipher most about divorce and why is she concerned about this issue?

5. What does Dr. Pipher indicate is the problem as it relates to young girls with fairy tales?

6. How does Fay feel about her daughter's announcement that she is a lesbian?

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

8. How do girls perceive distant fathers according to Dr. Pipher?

9. What do surface behaviors camouflage and what does this make difficult and why is this the case?

10. Describe Miller's definition of vibrancy and provide an example of how it can be overcome?

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