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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Degree of A.U.G..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim improve his Spanish speaking skills during the summer of his sophomore year?
(a) He begins teaching 150 children.
(b) He speaks only Spanish to Ron Harris.
(c) He lives with a Mexican family.
(d) He hitchhikes across Mexico.

2. What scripture verse dictates the mindset of Jim Elliot as a teenager?
(a) For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
(b) Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
(c) Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
(d) A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

3. What literary genre is Shadow of the Almighty?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Biography.

4. What is the ratio of women to men in the Student Foreign Missions?
(a) 10:1.
(b) 5:1.
(c) 18:1.
(d) 3:1.

5. What biblical quote is the mantra with which Jim Elliott lives and breathes?
(a) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord.
(b) He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
(c) Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
(d) Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim's preeminent goal when he enters Wheaten College?

2. What time does the missionary pilot tell his wife that he will communicate with her again?

3. Why does Fred Elliot quit school and become an avid reader?

4. What does Jim tell his sister to do at the beginning of each day?

5. What activity does Jim Elliot limit besides maintaining a devotion to prayer?

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