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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. What class does Miller want to take in high school that he is not eligible for?

2. Which of the following does not help Miller make successful and wise decisions?

3. Which of the following men taught chess to boys to teach them decision-making skills?

4. In Chapter 9, Miller describes a story of watching a girl who met and broke up with several girls. What is the setting of the meetings between this girl and the boys?

5. What book does Miller first read cover to cover?

Short Essay Questions

1. MacMurray is a successful photographer, gets up early, and makes long trips to get good shots that often fail. How does he explain his success to Miller?

2. In Chapter 11, what does the author tell us that he believes about college?

3. Miller learns to play chess from a friend. He also tells a story about a man, Salome Thomas-El teaching boys from a ghetto to play chess. He sees a connection between playing chess and life for young men raised without fathers. What is this connection?

4. In Chapter 10, Why does Miller promote maturity for young men?

5. In Chapter 8, Miller states that young men without fathers as role models are more likely to experience negative consequences in life. What evidence does Miller provide to support this statement?

6. According to Miller, what does saying no to sex have in common with protecting the value of the American dollar?

7. In Chapter 9, Girls, Miller tells the story of a young woman in a coffee shop. Why does he tell this story?

8. Miller assumes that humans have to work because God is punishing the sinful nature of humanity. MacMurray disagrees. How does MacMurray explain humanity's need to work?

9. Many people, including the famous Dr. Alfred Kinsey, have researched sex. What have we learned from these sex researchers?

10. Miller learns the secret to a successful love relationship from a married friend. According this married friend, what is this secret and what does it look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 5, Miller presents the idea that God acts as a perfect father. Identify the characteristics of a perfect father. Do you believe that there is such a thing as a perfect father? Why or Why not?

Essay Topic 2

Chapters 9 & 10 are short but both contain very important information about sex and love. What are the primary points made about sex and love and how are these two issues connected to Miller's concern about being raised without a father?

Essay Topic 3

This book is a written in memoir format not as an autobiography. What are the differences between the two? If this book had been written as an autobiography how would it have been written differently? What, if any, impact would writing this book as a autobiography have on the intended audience, the message, the reader, etc.?

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