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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. Why does Dr. Pipher believe that Jessica continues to rebel even more?
(a) Sexual harassment
(b) Too much independence
(c) Her mother understands her behavior
(d) Parental smothering

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

3. Which of the following does not describe Cayenne as a young girl?
(a) Enthusiastic
(b) Self-conscious
(c) Ambitious
(d) Feisty

4. What does Pipher believe that most people imagine teens' family structures consists of?
(a) Orphanages
(b) Dysfunctional families
(c) Single parent homes
(d) Traditional families

5. Which adjective best describes how Dr. Pipher believes divorce affects the lives of children?
(a) It shatters lives
(b) It relieves problems
(c) It does not affect them
(d) It surprises them

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percentage of families fits the traditional dynamic according to Pipher?

3. What contradiction does Pipher describe in relation to what parents share with their children?

4. Which category does Dr. Pipher indicate that most fathers fall into?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the double standard that Dr. Pipher describes as related to the expectations that Americans have?

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

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

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

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

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