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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Belonging.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Miller particularly upset with older men?
(a) They do not understand him.
(b) They are not interested in him.
(c) Their lives are easy.
(d) Their apparent show of powers.

2. Why does Miller settle in Boring, Oregon?
(a) He gets tired of traveling.
(b) He runs out of money.
(c) He gets sick and cannot travel anymore.
(d) He falls in love.

3. What is another place where Miller and his mother attempt to find father figures for him?
(a) The police station.
(b) At church.
(c) The community center.
(d) His school.

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

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) He does not have the supplies to build a derby car.
(c) Miller and the other boys' fathers ignore each other.
(d) He built a derby car but it breaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. True of False: only men who grew up without fathers and boys who are being without fathers will benefit from reading this book.

2. Miller asks for what from the reader?

3. As a child, Miller remembers enjoying which activity most?

4. Where does this church class meet?

5. Who does Miller remember as one of his first successful-father-figure role models in his life?

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