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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 book does Miller first read cover to cover?
(a) An autobiography of President Eisenhower.
(b) A book of Emily Dickinson poems.
(c) A book on how to write your own memoir.
(d) A comic book.

2. What kinds of decisions should young men make, according to Miller?
(a) No decisions.
(b) Hasty decisions.
(c) Slow decisions.
(d) Wise decisions.

3. What usually happens after Miller begins to date a woman?
(a) They fight and break up.
(b) She loses her attraction.
(c) She falls in love with Miller.
(d) They become engaged.

4. Miller uses the story of a girl who met and broke up with several boys in one morning to illustrate his points about girls. How many boys did this girl talk to in this story?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) Five.
(c) None.
(d) Three

5. According to Miller, what percentage of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes?
(a) 70%.
(b) 0%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 33%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do problems in a person's attitude toward work signal?

2. In Chapter 11 on work ethics, what sacrifices does success often require early in one's life?

3. What does MacMurray believe is his payment for high-quality work?

4. When Miller observes the girl breaking up with several boys, what is he doing?

5. Miller writes Chapter 11 without making reference to whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, Miller makes a presentation to a fraternity on the topic of sex. What do these men suggest the consequences are for young men who decide to "live a moral high ground"?

3. According to Miller and MacMurray, how does sin start?

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

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

6. What strategies does Miller recommend for learning to make wise decisions?

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

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

9. Chapter 7 is the last chapter in which Miller talks extensively about his mother. How does his thinking about his mother change from the beginning of this book to this chapter?

10. In Chapter 10, Why does Miller promote maturity for young men?

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