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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller suggests that submission to God's will allows God to do what for humans?
(a) Protect and lead humans to safety.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Allows humans to make mistakes.
(d) Make humans happy.

2. Why does Miller's Pinewood Derby Car not make it in the derby race?
(a) Miller and the other boys' fathers ignore each other.
(b) He built a derby car, but is too embarassed to enter it in the race.
(c) He built a derby car but it breaks.
(d) He does not have the supplies to build a derby car.

3. What does Miller believe about his relationship with his mother?
(a) That he is lovable.
(b) That he is a burden to her.
(c) That she does not like him.
(d) That it is a very positive relationship.

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

5. When Miller observes the girl breaking up with several boys, what is he doing?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Eating a meal.
(c) Talking to a friend.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miller believe that men possess?

2. Miller uses the story of a girl who met and broke up with several boys in one morning to illustrate his points about girls. How many boys did this girl talk to in this story?

3. Why does Miller not trust the motivations of male authority?

4. Why does Miller grow up feeling insecure?

5. In Chapter 9, what point for boys raised without fathers does Miller reinforce?

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