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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Then and Now.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Self-mutilation is often used by girls to do which of the following?
(a) It is used to express outrage
(b) It is used to calm themselves
(c) It is used to punish parents
(d) It is used to relieve stress and anxiety

3. Which of the following was considered to be unfeminine in Dr. Pipher's community?
(a) Women watching television
(b) Women working
(c) Women practicing medicine
(d) Women to have too much education

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

5. What does Monica believe that her peers' ideas about appearance and popularity are?
(a) Resigned
(b) Deep
(c) Mature
(d) Superficial

Short Answer Questions

1. What contradiction does Pipher describe in relation to what parents share with their children?

2. What career was Dr. Pipher pushed toward by her teachers in school?

3. Which type of parents may have children who struggle in social settings and lack confidence?

4. What is the second dimension according to Pipher?

5. How did families of Dr. Pipher's time handle their troubles?

(see the answer key)

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