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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 much more likely are boys to speak up in class than girls?
(a) 10 times
(b) 12 times
(c) 5 times
(d) 2 times

2. Which of the following is not a descriptor of a healthy adult according to Broverman's study?
(a) Independent
(b) Logical
(c) Dependent
(d) Active

3. Which of the following best describes how girls perceive distant fathers as compared to mothers?
(a) More supportive
(b) More willing to listen
(c) More rigid
(d) More understanding

4. Daughters are expected to love their mothers, but not to do which of the following?
(a) Love their fathers
(b) Be like them too much
(c) Distance themselves from their mother
(d) Allow them to coddle them too much

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pipher believe that most people imagine teens' family structures consists of?

2. According to Dr. Pipher, how are relationships with mothers viewed?

3. From which category are many daughters raised who are more apt to like men?

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

5. What type of student is Whitney?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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