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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 Miller, which of the following is not a positive characteristic of God?
(a) Encouragement.
(b) Love.
(c) Ownership.
(d) Abandonment.

2. What does Miller's search to understand himself as a child without a father lead to?
(a) It does not lead to anything.
(b) A new life.
(c) A spiritual journey.
(d) An emotional journey.

3. Why does Miller settle in Boring, Oregon?
(a) He gets sick and cannot travel anymore.
(b) He gets tired of traveling.
(c) He falls in love.
(d) He runs out of money.

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

5. Miller warns men not to rely on men with authority who do not do what?
(a) Treat others with respect.
(b) Talk to you.
(c) Submit to someone else.
(d) Dress professionally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the responsibility of the adult male elephant in a young elephant's life?

2. What does Miller struggle to give up in this journey?

3. Miller asks for what from the reader?

4. How does Miller grasp the "God as father" concept, initially?

5. What metaphor does Miller use to describe the role of elders in transferring information to the next generation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's intent in writing this book?

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

3. How does Miller meet John MacMurray and what roles do John MacMurray and his family play in Miller's life?

4. The author's writing style should appeal to whom?

5. Miller describes how on their first musth, young, orphaned elephants go into the wild and find a male mentor who shows them how to be a male elephant. If the young elephant cannot do this, what happens to the young elephant?

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

7. Chapter 5 is considered the "climax" of this book. What does this mean?

8. In Chapter 1, Miller describes several events and activities in which he attempts to interact with adult men. Most of these experiences do not appear to have been successful. In addition to camping, making a derby car, and playing with a remote-controlled airplane, what other "manly man" activities may Miller have missed because he did not have a father?

9. According to the information in the prologue, who is the intended audience for this book?

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

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