To Own a Dragon: Reflections on Growing up Without a Father Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Don Miller (author)
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To Own a Dragon: Reflections on Growing up Without a Father Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Don Miller (author)
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Our Problem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the landlord's son, who attempts to fill in as a father figure on a camping trip, forget?
(a) The tent.
(b) How to light a fire.
(c) Miller's first name.
(d) To show up.

2. Is Miller's concern with the social problem of all boys who grow up without fathers?
(a) No, he is not concerned at all.
(b) Only slightly, as he is more concerned about his life without a father.
(c) Sometimes he is and sometimes he is not.
(d) Yes, very much so.

3. In Chapter 1, Miller discusses several attempts to find a father figure during what part of his life?
(a) His young adult years only.
(b) His birth.
(c) His childhood and youth.
(d) His teen age years only.

4. Why does Miller's Pinewood Derby Car not make it in the derby race?
(a) Miller and the other boys' fathers ignore each other.
(b) He does not have the supplies to build a derby car.
(c) He built a derby car, but is too embarassed to enter it in the race.
(d) He built a derby car but it breaks.

5. Who does Miller remember as one of his first successful-father-figure role models in his life?
(a) John MacMurray.
(b) Bill Cosby on television.
(c) Mr. Kilpin.
(d) David Gentiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The message of this book is presented by the author with a strong bias for which he does not do what?

2. How, specifically, does Mr. Gentiles help Miller?

3. What does Miller do that upsets one of the church members who is spending time with Miller?

4. Chapter 1 emphasizes what difficulties for boys who grow up without fathers?

5. Writing this book appears to have been what type of experience for the author?

(see the answer key)

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