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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. From which category are many daughters raised who are more apt to like men?
(a) Distant
(b) Reluctant
(c) Supportive
(d) Abusive

2. Which of the following themes does not appear to be rooted in cultural ideals rather than personality development according to Dr. Pipher?
(a) Fear of rejection
(b) Need for perfection
(c) Preoccupation with weight
(d) Parental relationships

3. About how many children does Dr. Pipher indicate come from, or spend a part of, their childhood in a single parent home?
(a) Seven Eighths
(b) Half
(c) One fourth
(d) Three fourths

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

5. What makes it difficult to reason with young girls?
(a) Their emotional nature
(b) Their cognitive development
(c) Their imaginary audience syndrome
(d) Their immaturity

Short Answer Questions

1. What choice does Alice Miller indicate young children have to make?

2. How does Dr. Pipher describe her cousin Polly as a young girl?

3. How does Dr. Pipher describe Polly's transformation?

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

5. Which of the following best describes how girls perceive distant fathers as compared to mothers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What generalization does Dr. Pipher make for the girls who come to therapy before they reach adolescence?

8. What seems to be the underlying issue between Jessica and her mother?

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

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

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