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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. When happens to teach Miller that men must purposely take responsibility?
(a) Miller's friend, Travis, is arrested.
(b) Miller never learns this lesson.
(c) Miller discovers he owes money to IRS.
(d) Miller is arrested.

2. In Chapter 11, Miller learns lessons about work. What does Miller say discourages him about work?
(a) Watching someone put a lot of time into a project to have it not work.
(b) Making enough money to live on.
(c) Having to work.
(d) Not having time to spend with family and friends.

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

4. Miller writes Chapter 11 without making reference to whom?
(a) Mentors.
(b) Boys who are raised without fathers.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Mothers.

5. Where does Miller find a job when he moves to Oregon?
(a) At a bookstore.
(b) At a publishing company.
(c) At a coffee shop.
(d) In a automotive shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of decisions should young men make, according to Miller?

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

3. What year in high school did Miller experience a significant turning point?

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

5. Why is Miller not allowed to take this class in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. MacMurray is a successful photographer, gets up early, and makes long trips to get good shots that often fail. How does he explain his success to Miller?

2. In Chapter 9, why does Miller say that he dated?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 13, the author describes his struggle with his self-esteem as a child. How does this affect his school performance?

5. In Chapter 11, Miller addresses lessons learned about telling the truth and integrity. What does he do that starts this lesson?

6. Miller assumes that humans have to work because God is punishing the sinful nature of humanity. MacMurray disagrees. How does MacMurray explain humanity's need to work?

7. In Chapter 12, Miller examines work ethic with several stories. What are characteristics of a good work ethic according to Miller?

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

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

10. In Chapter 11, Miller uses an example from a movie about a woman who does not return proper change for a purchase. This story illustrates an unusual way to describe sin. What is this?

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