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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. Miller also remembers watching a documentary on what animal?
(a) Endangered animals.
(b) Exotic pets.
(c) Orphaned elephants.
(d) Beached whales.

2. What group of people does Miller suggest are similar to orphaned elephants?
(a) Foster children in the child welfare system.
(b) Male prisoners who grow up without a father.
(c) Children from single-parent families.
(d) All prisoners in in the United States.

3. In Chapter 6, Miller's writing style changes. How does it change?
(a) He shares more personal information about himself.
(b) He reveals his secret desires.
(c) His writing style does not change.
(d) He tells more stories about other people.

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

5. Is Miller's concern with the social problem of all boys who grow up without fathers?
(a) Sometimes he is and sometimes he is not.
(b) Only slightly, as he is more concerned about his life without a father.
(c) Yes, very much so.
(d) No, he is not concerned at all.

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. What is another place where Miller and his mother attempt to find father figures for him?

3. What does Miller state that the dragon reminds him of?

4. As a child, Miller remembers enjoying which activity most?

5. How does Miller make up for not having a father to give him information?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. In Chapter 3, Miller admits to being resentful towards authority figures. To whom is he referring and why?

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

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

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

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