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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. As a child, Miller remembers enjoying which activity most?
2. As a child, what type of clubs does Miller think men participated in?
3. According to MacMurray, which of the following is not an important task for families?
4. Who does Miller remember as one of his first successful-father-figure role models in his life?
5. Why is Miller particularly upset with older men?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the author's intent in writing this book?
2. In Chapter 5, Spirituality, Miller uses two paradoxes (contradictory statements or actions) to describes his relationship with God? What are they?
3. In Chapter 2, Miller again tells stories that span his life. What is the effect of this storytelling approach on the reader?
4. What does Miller learn about family from living with the MacMurray family?
5. In Chapter 5, what does Miller describe as crucial tasks of families?
6. 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?
7. Miller describes how on their first musth, young, orphaned elephants go into the wild and find a male mentor who shows them how to be a male elephant. If the young elephant cannot do this, what happens to the young elephant?
8. 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?
9. What role does church play in Miller's life and why does he join a church in Boring, Oregon?
10. In Chapter 1, Miller describes several events and activities in which he attempts to interact with adult men. Most of these experiences do not appear to have been successful. In addition to camping, making a derby car, and playing with a remote-controlled airplane, what other "manly man" activities may Miller have missed because he did not have a father?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Decision making is an important task of manhood according to Miller. Many young men raised without fathers are poorly prepared for this responsibility. Miller suggests that a father's presence is crucial to the development of decision-making skills. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons to support your decision.
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