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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Our Problem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people does Miller suggest are similar to orphaned elephants?
(a) Foster children in the child welfare system.
(b) All prisoners in in the United States.
(c) Male prisoners who grow up without a father.
(d) Children from single-parent families.

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

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. As a teenager, one of Miller's most successful and key relationships with a male father figure was with whom?
(a) Mr. Kilpin.
(b) John MacMurray.
(c) David Gentiles.
(d) The Landlord's son.

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

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. What does Miller state that the dragon reminds him of?

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

5. How do these stories from Miller's childhood help the reader understand Miller, the author?

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