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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. At what age does Dr. Pipher indicate Cassie is facing the same issues that college girls of the past faced?
(a) 10
(b) 18
(c) 13
(d) 15

2. What was abundant during the 1950s?
(a) Divorce
(b) Drugs
(c) Cigarettes
(d) Alcohol

3. What career was Dr. Pipher pushed toward by her teachers in school?
(a) Law
(b) Psychology
(c) Teacher
(d) Medicine

4. How do highly gifted girls react to world events?
(a) They react with the intensity of a child
(b) They react with emotional maturity
(c) They react by acting out in inappropriate ways
(d) They react by cutting themselves

5. What school activities do many girls participate in which often makes them emotionally healthy?
(a) They can participate in academics
(b) They can participate in contests
(c) They can participate in clubs
(d) They can participate in sports

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heidi describe that occurs at weekly weigh-ins at her gymnastic club?

2. Which type of girl does Dr. Pipher say usually lose her true self?

3. What sustains Caroline to allow her to become a strong woman?

4. What is this chapter mainly about?

5. Which of the following was considered to be unfeminine in Dr. Pipher's community?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Dr. Pipher believes to be true about the Hollywood model of sexual behavior?

2. In what way do cities and small communities differ in the way that girls react and feel pressure?

3. What type of sexual assaults can be particularly traumatic to females?

4. What portion of sexual education does Dr. Pipher believe is missing for young girls?

5. In what way does Dr. Pipher describe depression and self-mutilation?

6. What are the three specific reasons Dr. Pipher lists that adolescents use chemicals?

7. How and why does Dr. Pipher describe the problems that highly gifted children experience?

8. What does sexual assault by a friend or acquaintance be for a young girl and what does it do to her trust?

9. What does Dr. Pipher list as the two reasons that girls feel pressure about their appearance during the adolescent years?

10. Describe what parts of society have different rules for sexual activity and how this affects girls?

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