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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Making Decisions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miller's search to understand himself as a child without a father lead to?
(a) A spiritual journey.
(b) It does not lead to anything.
(c) A new life.
(d) An emotional journey.

2. Where is Miller offered a home when living in Boring, Oregon?
(a) In an apartment with friends.
(b) In a trailer with coworkers.
(c) In a garage apartment at the MacMurrays.
(d) In a house shared with an elderly person.

3. Which of the following does Miller believe that the game of chess and life have in common?
(a) Both require strategy and patience.
(b) Both require the use of a clock.
(c) Both have rules.
(d) Chess and life do not have anything in common.

4. Why does Miller not trust the motivations of male authority?
(a) Because he does not have a strong male authority figure in his life.
(b) Because he has had numerous run-ins with the police.
(c) Because he is afraid of men.
(d) Because men have been mean to him.

5. Why does Miller join a church in Boring, Oregon?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) He is invited to attend.
(c) He is very spiritual man.
(d) He is bored with life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miller believe about his relationship with his mother?

2. Why is Miller particularly upset with older men?

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

4. Who gives Miller the key to his new home?

5. Where are Miller and John MacMurray when Miller first begins to understand the relationship between God and fathers?

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