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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miller believe about his relationship with his mother?
(a) That he is lovable.
(b) That it is a very positive relationship.
(c) That she does not like him.
(d) That he is a burden to her.

2. What audience does Miller address in Chapter 6?
(a) Only women who are raising boys as a single mother.
(b) This chapter does not address anyone in particular.
(c) All persons who grew up without a father.
(d) Primarily men who grew up without fathers.

3. Why does Miller grow up feeling insecure?
(a) Because he does not believe that he fits into male society.
(b) Because he does not have money.
(c) Because there are no males around him.
(d) Because he does not like himself.

4. The message of this book is presented by the author with a strong bias for which he does not do what?
(a) State that he is sorry.
(b) Show remorse.
(c) Ask the reader's forgiveness.
(d) Apologize.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Miller, another necessary characteristic of God's love that is required in father-son love is the ability to do what?

3. Miller's stories in Chapter 1 seem to highlight what emotions from his childhood?

4. What does the landlord's son, who attempts to fill in as a father figure on a camping trip, forget?

5. In the book, "Wild at Heart', what is the wound left in a man's soul by the absence of a father referred to as?

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