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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 did Bilquis think would be the determining factor in agreeing to Dr. Stanley Mooneyham's request?

2. How did Dr. Christy Wilson help Bilquis?

3. What did the holy spirit gradually teach Bilquis to do?

4. What did Synnove Mitchell tell Bilquis was happening to her?

5. How did Bilquis disappoint herself when a village woman came for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ken Old tell Bilquis that she had reason to rejoice even while she is sad at their departure?

2. Why did Bilquis say she felt "complete" even though she was leaving her home for an indefinite period and didn't know where she was going?

3. Why did Bilquis decide to leave a day earlier than she had intended to?

4. What pressure did the community put upon Bilquis?

5. What happened to Bilquis' family members who had been coming to visit her?

6. What came as a threat to Bilquis' precious afternoon rest?

7. Who did Bilquis decide to invite to her Christmas party?

8. When Bilquis attended a second family funeral, what did the bereaved wife unexpectedly do?

9. What happened to Bilquis when she decided that she would not be driven out of her home?

10. How did Bilquis explain to Mahmud that Christians can have great confidence in dangerous times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Interesting facts about Bilquis' life before she became involved with Christianity come to light as the story progresses. We learn of her husband's career, her international travels, her divorce, her work during World War II, and her help with the Simple Living Plan.. Why do you think these facts are not initially presented? In your essay, state whether these facts are important to your understanding of Bilquis' story. Why or why not? Why do you think they are presented as incidental, rather than central, to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Bilquis speaks of feeling satisfied and complete when she is living "in the glory," and dark and sad when she is not. Yet many of her experiences "in the glory" are sad rather than joyful. In your essay, explore what the feeling she is attempting to describe might be like. Cite examples from the story to support your idea.

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