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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Miller live in his new home in Boring, Oregon?
(a) Forever. He never leaves.
(b) Four months.
(c) A couple of years.
(d) Four years.

3. What does Miller use as an analogy for God's love and father-son love?
(a) A snow storm.
(b) A car.
(c) A tomato plant.
(d) A mother-daughter relationship.

4. As a child, Miller remembers hearing fairy tales about which animals?
(a) Dwarves and dragons.
(b) Witches.
(c) Angels.
(d) Monsters.

5. Miller found the characteristics of a strong male authority figure in whom?
(a) John MacMurray, his mentor.
(b) Politicians.
(c) David Gentiles.
(d) His boss.

6. How does Miller make up for not having a father to give him information?
(a) He reads the encyclopedia.
(b) He seeks other male authorities.
(c) He talks to his mother.
(d) He searches the internet.

7. Chapter 5 has a high degree of tension and describes a significant turning point in Miller's life. In literature this is referred as the _____________.
(a) Prologue of the book.
(b) Middle of the book.
(c) Climax of the book.
(d) Summary of the book.

8. The author wants the reader to encourage and relate to what type of men?
(a) Men who are not yet fathers.
(b) Men who grew up or are being raised without fathers.
(c) Men with fathers.
(d) Men who are fathers.

9. What does Miller describe God's love for humans as?
(a) A perfect father.
(b) Good parents.
(c) A imperfect father.
(d) Imperfect parents.

10. Who teaches this church class that Miller attends in Boring, Oregon?
(a) David Gentiles.
(b) Mr. Kilpin.
(c) The minister of the church.
(d) John MacMurray.

11. What metaphor does Miller use to describe the role of elders in transferring information to the next generation?
(a) Airline pilots radioing weather conditions to the next pilot.
(b) He does not use a metaphor.
(c) Teachers in high school.
(d) Emergency personnel responding to a community crisis.

12. As a child, what type of clubs does Miller think men participated in?
(a) Clubs that shared secret information about women and cars.
(b) Card clubs.
(c) Clubs that only let certain people in.
(d) Country clubs.

13. What does John MacMurray do for a living?
(a) Owns his own business.
(b) Teacher and photographer.
(c) Artist and educator.
(d) Pastor and youth minister.

14. Why is Miller particularly upset with older men?
(a) Their lives are easy.
(b) They are not interested in him.
(c) Their apparent show of powers.
(d) They do not understand him.

15. In Chapter 4, as Miller thinks about his pain as child without a father, what happens to him?
(a) He begins to heal.
(b) He feels sad.
(c) He gets sick.
(d) He gets angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to MacMurray, which of the following is not an important task for families?

2. As a teenager, one of Miller's most successful and key relationships with a male father figure was with whom?

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

4. What audience does Miller address in Chapter 6?

5. As a child and adolescent, who does Miller resent?

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