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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Spirituality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class does Miller want to take in high school that he is not eligible for?
(a) A speech class.
(b) A college class.
(c) An honors psychology class.
(d) A writing class.

2. Why does Miller's Pinewood Derby Car not make it in the derby race?
(a) He built a derby car but it breaks.
(b) Miller and the other boys' fathers ignore each other.
(c) He does not have the supplies to build a derby car.
(d) He built a derby car, but is too embarassed to enter it in the race.

3. MIller learns many lessons from watching the MacMurray family? Which of the following is a lesson that Miller does not learn?
(a) Families need a lot of time apart from each other.
(b) Families work together.
(c) Children are as important as adults.
(d) Fathers prefer to spend time with children instead of in front of the TV.

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

5. How old is Miller when he read his first book, cover to cover?
(a) 20 years of age.
(b) 5 years of age.
(c) 16 years of age.
(d) He has never read any book all the way through.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miller first realize he needs to achieve manhood?

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

3. According to Miller, which of the following is not a way that people share their struggle with others?

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

5. The author uses the prologue to do which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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