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Worksheets"Rebel With a Cause" multiple-choice plus a few extras
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
According to the "Rebel With a Cause", what are the main reasons why teenagers rebel?
Teenagers use rebellion as a way to get back at their parents.
Teenagers rebel mostly for attention, like younger children compete for parental attention with older siblings.
Teenagers use rebellion to push boundaries.
Teenagers rebel as a means to assert independence and individual identity.
In which section of "Rebel With a Cause" would a reader most likely find information about adolescents in elementary and middle school and their struggles with rebellion?
Rebellion in Early Adolescence (9-13)
Rebellion in Trial Independence (18-23)
Rebellion in Late Adolescence (15-18)
Rebellion in Mid Adolescence (13-15)
Which of the following does not support the idea that parents usually dislike adolescent rebellion?
Rebellion can cause young people to experiment with high-risk excitement — accepting dares that as children they would have refused.
Rebellion can cause young people to rebel against their own self-interests — rejecting childhood interests, activities, and relationships that often support self-esteem.
The antidote for rebellion is the true independence offered by creating and accepting a challenge — the young person deciding to do something hard with themselves for themselves in order to grow themselves.
Rebellion can cause young people to engage in self-defeating and self-destructive behavior — refusing to do school work or even physically hurting themselves.
Which of the following best describes the organizational pattern of the article?
Problem-Solution then Description
Description then Problem-Solution
Problem-Solution then Chronological Order
Description then Chronological Order
How does the organization of the "Rebel With a Cause" support Dr. Pickhardt’s concept of adolescent rebellion?
Dr. Pickhardt’s concept of adolescent rebellion is broken down into stages, and the article reflects these stages in its structural design.
Dr. Pickhardt’s concept of adolescent rebellion is broken down into types of rebellion, and the article reflects these types in its structural design.
Dr. Pickhardt’s concept of adolescent rebellion consists of four perspectives, just as the article includes four different perspectives on the subject: author, psychologist, parent, and child.
Dr. Pickhardt’s concept of adolescent rebellion follows a precise order, meaning every teenager experiences every stage.
What does the term "latitude" most closely mean as used in paragraph 13?
To what degree a young person needs to rebel varies widely. In his fascinating book, Born to Rebel (1997), Frank Sulloway posits that later born children tend to rebel more than first born. Some of his reasoning is because they identify less with parents, do not want to be clones of the older child or children who went before, and give themselves more latitude to grow in nontraditional ways. So, parents may find later born children to be more rebellious.
space
orientation
boundary
restriction
According to the "Rebel With a Cause", what stage of adolescent rebellion is most associated with dangerous risk-taking?
Rebellion in early adolescence
Rebellion in trial independence
Rebellion in mid adolescence
Rebellion in late adolescence
Which of the following is an example of Dr. Pickhardt’s advice to parents when responding to adolescent rebellion?
He advises parents to allow their children to do whatever they want and be prepared to cover all consequences of those actions.
He advises parents to give their children stricter boundaries and harsher punishments.
He advises parents to talk to their children and keep lines of communication open
He advises parents to make life easy for their children and give them no responsibilities.
How does the author’s advice for parents change as teenagers progress through the later stages of rebellion?
As teenagers get older, parents should publicly correct their behavior so they will not do it again.
As teenagers get older, parents should let natural consequences occur.
As teenagers get older, the parents should exert more and more control.
As teenagers get older, parents should help them avoid more serious negative consequences.
What does Dr. Pickhardt want parents to understand about adolescent rebellion? Choose two valid options.
Since rebellion happens in different stages as a child ages, parents can respond in different ways.
Rebellion can result in serious consequences, so parents should step in frequently to intervene.
While adolescent rebellion causes many conflicts with parents, most teenagers are simply asserting their independence in a healthy way.
Adolescent rebellion usually appears in one of four stages, and if handled correctly is limited to that one stage.
Rebellion can result in serious harm so limits are important.
According to "Rebel With a Cause," what are the two most common types of rebellion?
Rebellion against fitting
in socially (rebellion of non-conformity)
Rebellion against adult authority (rebellion of noncompliance)
Rebellion against self (rebellion of self-destruction)
Rebellion against parents or family (rebellion of heredity)
What does Dr. Pickhardt offer an "antidote to rebellion"?
Limits and restrictions, such as curfews and limited contact with wild friends
Acceptance of the student and their opinions and desires
Supporting challenges that teenagers create for themselves
Having high expectations for grades and respect for adults
