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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a child and adolescent, who does Miller resent?
(a) Friends who had fathers.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Fathers who left their families.
(d) Authority figures.

3. As a child, Miller thinks that manhood does not arrive until men are what age?
(a) In their thirtiies.
(b) In their fifties.
(c) When they married.
(d) When they become teenagers.

4. What does Miller and his friend, Travis, fear?
(a) They fear being alone.
(b) They fear nothing.
(c) They fear going to prison.
(d) They fear the authorities.

5. Chapter 1 emphasizes what difficulties for boys who grow up without fathers?
(a) The absence of traditional father-son experiences.
(b) The lack of money.
(c) Unstable relationships with others.
(d) Poor communication skills with others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miller use as an analogy for God's love and father-son love?

2. Writing this book appears to have been what type of experience for the author?

3. Why does Miller join a church in Boring, Oregon?

4. What does Miller do that upsets one of the church members who is spending time with Miller?

5. In Chapter 1, Miller discusses several attempts to find a father figure during what part of his life?

(see the answer key)

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