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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Work Ethic.

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. Miller describes his mother as being exhausted because of him. He learns the real reason she is exhausted. What is this?
(a) Because her partner left her as a single mother.
(b) Miller's mother works too hard.
(c) Miller's mother drinks too much.
(d) Miller's mother is sick.

3. Who is Miller's intended audience?
(a) Boys only.
(b) Women.
(c) Men and women.
(d) Men.

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

5. In Chapter 11 on work ethics, what sacrifices does success often require early in one's life?
(a) People must have health and money problems.
(b) People must have many failure at having a loving family.
(c) People must work long and hard and and have lean years.
(d) No sacrifices are required.

Short Answer Questions

1. According the audience who listened to Miller give his talk, what happens to men who "take a moral high ground"?

2. Miller's mother attempts to find father figures for her son by involving him in which community organization?

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

4. Who tells Miller about real love in Chapter 9?

5. Miller believes that sex is never simply what type of response?

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