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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Mentor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Miller asks for what from the reader?
(a) Open mindedness.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Patience.
(d) Commitment.

3. The author uses the prologue to do which of the following?
(a) Tell the reader his life story.
(b) Discuss issues related to fathers who abandon their children.
(c) Discuss issues related to fatherless boys.
(d) Explain his writing style.

4. In Chapter 1, Miller discusses several attempts to find a father figure during what part of his life?
(a) His young adult years only.
(b) His childhood and youth.
(c) His teen age years only.
(d) His birth.

5. What does the landlord's son, who attempts to fill in as a father figure on a camping trip, forget?
(a) To show up.
(b) Miller's first name.
(c) How to light a fire.
(d) The tent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How long does Miller live in his new home in Boring, Oregon?

5. What does John MacMurray do for a living?

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