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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. How much of MacMurray's work efforts pay off?
2. What does Miller promote to encourage young men to practice good morals?
3. According to Miller, why does he neglect his homework?
4. What happens to Miller in the high school class he has to get permission to register for?
5. What grade does Miller make when he finishes this high school class?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 11, Miller addresses lessons learned about telling the truth and integrity. What does he do that starts this lesson?
2. In Chapter 8, Miller states that young men without fathers as role models are more likely to experience negative consequences in life. What evidence does Miller provide to support this statement?
3. In Chapter 10, Why does Miller promote maturity for young men?
4. In Chapter 7, Manhood, Miller attends a Promise Keepers rally and then joins the organization. However, he struggles with this membership. Why did he join and what were his struggles?
5. What strategies does Miller recommend for learning to make wise decisions?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 9, why does Miller say that he dated?
8. As an adult, Miller often found himself having difficulty fitting in with the men in his church and life, particularly in his Bible study class. What did he think the problem was?
9. Chapter 11 is short and Miller learns some very valuable life lessons. What is different about this chapter?
10. According to Miller and MacMurray, how does sin start?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Miller ends the book with a return to a spiritual focus on faith and hope. What does he say he has learned about faith, hope, and a spiritual relationship?
Essay Topic 2
This book is a written in memoir format not as an autobiography. What are the differences between the two? If this book had been written as an autobiography how would it have been written differently? What, if any, impact would writing this book as a autobiography have on the intended audience, the message, the reader, etc.?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapters 2 and 4, Miller identifies three key turning points in his life: a.) David Gentiles; b.) reading President Eisenhower's autobiography; c.) taking a harrowing trip up a mountain with John MacMurray to photograph a sunset. Discuss these turning points and what Miller learns from each. What do these turning points have in common? What makes these turning points in his life?
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