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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are alcohol and marijuana popular with teenage girls?

2. Even with all of the information available about sexual encounters, what does Dr. Pipher say is still missing?

3. According to Dr. Pipher families raise their daughters to be whole, but the media reduces them to which of the following?

4. How does Peter Rowen describe anorexia?

5. Why does Dr. Pipher believe that girls turn to alcohol, drugs, food or self-mutilation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Pipher describe as the most defining characteristics for American women and when do girls feel the most pressure about their appearance?

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

6. What is altruism and how does it help the girls according to Dr. Pipher?

7. Describe Monica's parents and how they feel about their daughter.

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

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

10. What event during her schooling was embarrassing for Dr. Pipher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has adolescent culture changed from previous generations? What are the problems as you see them for the twenty-first century adolescent girls? Do you think they have changed from those of the 1990s? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one case study from the book and make evaluations on the subject and the methods used by Dr. Pipher to address the issues.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about sexual assaults on women. Why do you believe they are so prevalent? What factors do you believe play into the high number of sexual assaults on women?

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