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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. What was Bilquis' first question to God?

2. How does Romans 10:8-9 teach that one is saved?

3. How was Paul's experience in II Corinthians like Bilquis'?

4. Why did Bilquis decide she liked Ken Old?

5. What is the subject of Acts 1:15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bilquis describe her father?

2. What teaching of Jesus in Matthew 10 helped Bilquis make her decision about Christianity?

3. What unusual experience did Bilquis have after her sense of being baptized by the spirit?

4. What did Bilquis learn that she needed to do to keep the good feelings she was experiencing?

5. Why was baptism a testing point for Bilquis?

6. What did Bilquis sense as she prayed to God as her father?

7. What aspect of Muslim practice provided reassurance to Bilquis?

8. Why had Bilquis learned Arabic?

9. What did Bilquis experience as a baptism of the spirit?

10. Why did Bilquis believe she would lose everything if she chose to follow Jesus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In her story, Bilquis speaks often of observing or experiencing an "odd confidence" as she goes through her conversion. She describes herself as growing "bolder" and feeling "strangely confident." In your essay, cite those experiences and tell how Bilquis might have reacted if she were not imbued with this unusual confidence.

Essay Topic 2

Much of Bilquis' learning comes from dreams. In your essay, summarize the meaning of the key dreams in her spiritual journey. Tell the lessons she learned from those dreams.

Essay Topic 3

Often those who experience a religious conversion are seekers - people who have been unsatisfied with their way of life and are actively attempting to change. Was Bilquis such a person as the story begins? If not, what made her want to change? In your essay, explore the motives that compel Bilquis along the path to conversion.

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