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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Spirituality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does protecting the value of sex as part of commitment save, according to Miller?
(a) A person's life.
(b) A person's future.
(c) A person's morality.
(d) A person's family.

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. Which of the following does Miller believe that the game of chess and life have in common?
(a) Chess and life do not have anything in common.
(b) Both have rules.
(c) Both require strategy and patience.
(d) Both require the use of a clock.

4. What historic and political event helps Miller to further understand his life as a child without a father and his faith journey?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) The crucifixion of Jesus.
(c) The South African apartheid.
(d) The diaspora and enslavement of Africans.

5. Miller writes Chapter 11 without making reference to whom?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Mentors.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Boys who are raised without fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Miller, wise moves will pay off, but what can they not do?

2. This prologue is does which of the following?

3. In Chapter 11, what valuable lesson does Miller learn when living with the MacMurrays?

4. What activity does Miller not enjoy until he begins college?

5. According to Miller, what percentage of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes?

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