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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. What kind of class does Miller attend at church in Oregon?
(a) Sunday school.
(b) New members class.
(c) Confirmation.
(d) Bible study.

2. What does Miller do after completing high school?
(a) Miller does not graduate from high school.
(b) Finds a job.
(c) Travels the country.
(d) Goes to college.

3. As a child and adolescent, who does Miller resent?
(a) Rich people.
(b) Authority figures.
(c) Friends who had fathers.
(d) Fathers who left their families.

4. Who gives Miller the key to his new home?
(a) Elle MacMurray.
(b) Cassie MacMurray.
(c) Terri MacMurray.
(d) John MacMurray.

5. What does the landlord's son, who attempts to fill in as a father figure on a camping trip, forget?
(a) How to light a fire.
(b) To show up.
(c) The tent.
(d) Miller's first name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Miller, what lesson is a father responsible for instilling in a young child?

3. Why does Miller grow up feeling insecure?

4. How, specifically, does Mr. Gentiles help Miller?

5. The author wants the reader to encourage and relate to what type of men?

Short Essay Questions

1. Miller presents statistics about the percentage of males in prison raised without a father. He suggests there is a connection between these statistics and the orphaned elephants. What is this connection?

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

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

4. Miller states that his experience in which he did not get to enter a derby car in the race did not affect him. Do you agree? Why or why not?

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

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 1, Miller describes meeting Mr. Gentiles as one of the key turning points in his life. Why does Miller believe this?

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

10. In Chapter 4, Miller begins to understand the importance of a relationship with God as a "father figure." What does he learn?

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