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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character of this book?
(a) All boys without fathers.
(b) The author, Donald Miller.
(c) The book's co-author, John MacMurray.
(d) All children without parents.

2. As a child and adolescent, who does Miller resent?
(a) Rich people.
(b) Fathers who left their families.
(c) Friends who had fathers.
(d) Authority figures.

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

4. Miller writes specifically to appeal to what type of humor?
(a) A female sense of humor.
(b) A male sense of humor.
(c) The author does not write with a sense of humor.
(d) Everyone's sense of humor.

5. What tasks must elephants accomplish when they reach puberty?
(a) They must grow new tusks.
(b) They must leave their mother, go into the wild, and seek a male mentor.
(c) They must mate and have baby elephants.
(d) They must learn to hunt and feed themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to elephant's behavior when they reach puberty?

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

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

4. Where does this church class meet?

5. What does Miller do after completing high school?

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