2. What does Dr. Pipher indicate that adolescent girls need in order to survive and flourish?
(a) Counseling
(b) Parents
(c) Roots
(d) Peers

3. Which of the following professions is not at high risk for developing bulimia?
(a) Teachers
(b) Gymnasts
(c) Dancers
(d) Models

4. What does Dr. Pipher encourage her patients to do in regards to their feelings?
(a) Objectify
(b) Explain
(c) Evaluate
(d) Resign

5. What causes the boys at school to make inappropriate comments to Margaret?
(a) She develops at an early age
(b) She is unwilling to acknowledge them
(c) She participates in non-traditional female roles
(d) She provides a strong sense of herself

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of sex education does Dr. Pipher believe girls receive?

2. What was abundant during the 1950s?

3. How many major sexual issues does Dr. Pipher say are facing girls in the 1990s?

4. What does Dr. Pipher believe must change in order to produce healthy young women?

5. What percentage of teens believe that force in a sexual relationship is permissible if the couple plans to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which type of girls who use alcohol most concern Dr. Pipher?

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

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

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

5. Which two factors play a role in demonstrating the difference between normal experimentation among teenagers and an abusive situation that requires intervention?

6. What are some of the reasons Dr. Pipher believes that girls who participate in sports are often emotionally healthy?

7. What do the studies about eating disorders report about teens and women?

8. What does Dr. Pipher ask her patients to keep and how does she believe it helps them?

9. Describe the community in which Dr. Pipher grew up during the 1950s.

10. Describe the concept of awakening therapy that Dr. Pipher teaches and what the outcomes of this theory may be for the girls.

(see the answer keys)

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