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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 do problems in a person's attitude toward work signal?
(a) That the person does not want to work.
(b) Problems with a person's family.
(c) Problems with a person's boss.
(d) Problems in a person's relationship with God.

2. One of Miller's friends tells Miller about real love. What does Miller's friends state is a core characteristic of real love?
(a) Humility.
(b) Humor.
(c) Lust.
(d) Equality.

3. Miller believes that sex is never simply what type of response?
(a) An enjoyable response.
(b) An emotional response.
(c) An aggressive response.
(d) A biological response.

4. What grade does Miller make when he finishes this high school class?
(a) Second highest grade in the class.
(b) He withdraws from the class.
(c) He never finishes the class.
(d) The lowest grade in the class.

5. What does Miller promote to encourage young men to practice good morals?
(a) Maturity.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Faith.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller's belief that he did not learn much about girls seems odd for a man who was raised in what kind of environment?

2. What happens to Miller in the high school class he has to get permission to register for?

3. Who tells Miller the story about a woman who does not return correct change for a purchase?

4. According to Miller, why does he neglect his homework?

5. In Chapter 9, how much advice is offered about girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event changes Miller's attitude about his ability to be a good student in high school?

2. Miller learns to play chess from a friend. He also tells a story about a man, Salome Thomas-El teaching boys from a ghetto to play chess. He sees a connection between playing chess and life for young men raised without fathers. What is this connection?

3. Miller learns the secret to a successful love relationship from a married friend. According this married friend, what is this secret and what does it look like?

4. Chapter 11 is short and Miller learns some very valuable life lessons. What is different about this chapter?

5. Many people, including the famous Dr. Alfred Kinsey, have researched sex. What have we learned from these sex researchers?

6. In Chapter 9, Girls, Miller asserts that growing up without a father has left him poorly prepared to be in a relationship. Why is this surprising?

7. In Chapter 12, work is defined as honorable and spiritual. What does this mean?

8. In Chapter 11, what does the author tell us that he believes about college?

9. In Chapter 11, the author focuses on the importance of reading as a significant skill for success in life. What does he say?

10. Miller assumes that humans have to work because God is punishing the sinful nature of humanity. MacMurray disagrees. How does MacMurray explain humanity's need to work?

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