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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. How does Dr. Pipher describe today's fathers in relation to having the necessary skills to develop healthy relationships with their daughters?
(a) They are unrealistically prepared
(b) They are ill equipped
(c) They are under-educated
(d) They are prepared

2. 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

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

4. According to Dr. Pipher, how are relationships with mothers viewed?
(a) They are viewed as independent
(b) They are viewed as growth-oriented
(c) They are viewed as interesting
(d) They are viewed as dependent

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes the relationship between Whitney and Evelyn?
(a) Too close
(b) Intimate
(c) Terrible
(d) Surprising

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of parents have teens who are impulsive, irresponsible and dependent?

2. Which of the following themes does not appear to be rooted in cultural ideals rather than personality development according to Dr. Pipher?

3. What do many teens do after a divorce?

4. How does Dr. Pipher describe parents for adolescent girls?

5. Which of the following is not an accurate description of how divorce makes adolescents feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What seems to be the reason that Jessica is rebelling and how does her mother react to this rebellion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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