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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. What percentage of babies born in the 1990s were born to single mothers?

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

3. What does Dr. Pipher encourage her patients to do in regards to their feelings?

4. What causes the boys at school to make inappropriate comments to Margaret?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What female leaders does Dr. Pipher refer to as being isolated in adolescence and what did they all refuse to do?

5. Describe Tracy's parents and the reasons Dr. Pipher believes Tracy is using alcohol?

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

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

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

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

10. According to Dr. Pipher what are parents afraid of and what does it cause them to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Dr. Pipher believe that beauty is the defining characteristic for American women? Do you agree with her reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Dr. Pipher believe that adolescent children suffer the most in divorce? Do you agree with her reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you believe anorexia is more of a problem in Western civilization? What girls are at the greatest risk for developing anorexia? Why do you believe this is the case?

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