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

2. The message of this book is presented by the author with a strong bias for which he does not do what?
(a) Apologize.
(b) State that he is sorry.
(c) Ask the reader's forgiveness.
(d) Show remorse.

3. Miller asks for what from the reader?
(a) Patience.
(b) Open mindedness.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Commitment.

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

5. According to Miller, another necessary characteristic of God's love that is required in father-son love is the ability to do what?
(a) Make people well.
(b) Forgive people.
(c) Punish people.
(d) Make decisions for humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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 _____________.

2. Where are Miller and John MacMurray when Miller first begins to understand the relationship between God and fathers?

3. MIller learns many lessons from watching the MacMurray family? Which of the following is a lesson that Miller does not learn?

4. As a child, what type of clubs does Miller think men participated in?

5. Who teaches this church class that Miller attends in Boring, Oregon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of experience did writing this book provide the author?

2. In Chapter 6, Authority, Miller uses a metaphor of airline pilots warning each other about weather conditions. What point is Miller illustrating with this story?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What does Miller learn about family from living with the MacMurray family?

10. What role does church play in Miller's life and why does he join a church in Boring, Oregon?

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