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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John MacMurray do for a living?

3. As a child, which animal does Miller most want to own?

4. Why is Miller particularly upset with older men?

5. What does Miller believe about his relationship with his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. How does Miller get to Boring, Oregon?

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

8. In Chapter 6, Miller admits to having difficulties in establishing positive male relationships. What reasons does Miller give for having difficulty establishing positive male influences in his life?

9. Miller's mother attempts to find father figures for her son in several places. Describe Miller's mother's efforts. How successful were these efforts?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miller's mother dies without telling him who his father is. There are many reasons why women would chose not to tell their children about how they were conceived or who their fathers were. Identify and discuss the reasons Miller's mother may have decided not to tell him who his father is. Discuss potential impact each reason may have had on Miller.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 5, Miller presents the idea that God acts as a perfect father. Identify the characteristics of a perfect father. Do you believe that there is such a thing as a perfect father? Why or Why not?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11, work ethic is examined. However, the author does not provide a definition of work ethic. Instead, he describes several work ethics characteristics.

a. Identify the characteristics that Miller indicates are parts of a work ethics. How did apply them to himself? Do you agree or not with the characteristics that he identified? What characteristics of a good work ethic did he not address?

b. Miller connects his understanding of work ethics of humans as a spiritual responsibility. How does he do this? Do you agree or not with his explanation of work ethics as spiritual responsibility?

c. In addition, there are many other critical characteristics of a good work ethic. What characteristics did he not address that he should address? Do these additional characteristics contribute to his comparison of work ethics to a faith based explanation?

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