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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. At what age does Dr. Pipher indicate Cassie is facing the same issues that college girls of the past faced?

2. What does Gail do to harm herself?

3. What sustains June and allows her to become a strong woman?

4. What is Cassie's world more driven by?

5. Self-mutilation is often used by girls to do which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In the case studies described in this chapter, what are the three reasons that the girls grow up to be strong adults?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the media play in the upbringing of young girls? What are examples of the media's roles? Do you believe these are good roles or poor roles? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining why it is difficult to reason with young girls. What factors play into this issue? Do you agree with Dr. Pipher's analysis? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of the book, Dr. Pipher draws conclusions about fairy tales and how they affect young girls. Write about her conclusions. Do you agree with her conclusions? Why or why not?

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