Test: Gen. MacArthur's Prayer for His Son

Try and fill in the blanks with correct vocabulary you learned from the reading, General MacArthur's Prayer for His Son. Pay close attention to subject-verb agreement.



Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and b 1 enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and u 2 in honest d 3 , and h 4 and g 5 in v 6 .

Build me a son whose w 7 will not be where his b 8 should be; a son who will know T 9 —and that to know himself is the f 10 stone of knowledge.

Lead him, I pray, not in the p 11 of e 12 and comfort, but under the stress and
s 13 of difficulties and c 14 . Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn c 15 for those who fail.

Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; a son who will m 16 himself before he s 17 to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to w 18 ; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.

And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him h 19 , so that he may always remember the s 20 of true greatness, the open mind of true w 21 , the m 22 of true strength.

Then, I, his father, will dare to w 23 , “I have not lived in v 24 !”