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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to MacMurray, which of the following is not an important task for families?
(a) Submit to authority.
(b) Teach responsiblity.
(c) Promote maturity.
(d) Promote unity.

2. MIller learns many lessons from watching the MacMurray family? Which of the following is a lesson that Miller does not learn?
(a) Children are as important as adults.
(b) Families need a lot of time apart from each other.
(c) Fathers prefer to spend time with children instead of in front of the TV.
(d) Families work together.

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

4. Writing this book appears to have been what type of experience for the author?
(a) Boring.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Cathartic.

5. What audience does Miller address in Chapter 6?
(a) Primarily men who grew up without fathers.
(b) All persons who grew up without a father.
(c) Only women who are raising boys as a single mother.
(d) This chapter does not address anyone in particular.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miller do that upsets one of the church members who is spending time with Miller?

2. What does Miller read that also helps him to understand importance of a father in a child's fife?

3. Miller also remembers watching a documentary on what animal?

4. In Chapter 4, as Miller thinks about his pain as child without a father, what happens to him?

5. Miller describes his mother as being exhausted because of him. He learns the real reason she is exhausted. What is this?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Spirituality, Miller uses two paradoxes (contradictory statements or actions) to describes his relationship with God? What are they?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Miller describe as crucial tasks of families?

3. Miller's mother attempts to find father figures for her son in several places. Describe Miller's mother's efforts. How successful were these efforts?

4. How does Miller get to Boring, Oregon?

5. In Chapters 5 and 6, Miller makes a connection between authority and love. Describe this connection.

6. In Chapter 2, Miller again tells stories that span his life. What is the effect of this storytelling approach on the reader?

7. Miller suggests that as a child he was attracted to stories about dwarfs and dragons. In particular, he wanted to own and ride a dragon. He believes that the dragon took on the role of a father figure. What characteristics of the dragon do you believe remind him of a father figure?

8. In Chapter 5, Miller begins to identify the positive and negative characteristics of God's love. What are these characteristics?

9. The author introduces the concept of a spiritual journey in Chapter 4. Describe Miller's reaction to this spiritual journey.

10. Miller identifies several areas in his life affected by not having a father. What are these areas?

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