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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. Why does Jim become dissatisfied in the Foreign Service Fellowship?

2. Where do the Elliot and MacAliister families meet?

3. What does Jim begin to think about taking college classes at Wheaten College?

4. What happens to Jim when he travels with the Foreign Missions group?

5. Why is Jim Elliot cautious about girls his age?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jim is invited home with Dave Howard during Christmas,1945?

2. What is the significance of Jim's comment to Elisabeth that she "bargained for a cross?"

3. What is the advantage of Jim's unemployment between doing odd jobs and applying for a substitute teaching position?

4. Why does Jim watch his diet and exercise?

5. What are some of the tenets Fred and Clara Elliot raise their children to believe?

6. Why are the Indians curious about the white men?

7. What happens when Jim counsels a fellow student disenfranchised with Christianity?

8. What are some examples of Jim living the verse, "Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might?"

9. What does Jim learn while working side-by-side with his father the summer after his college graduation?

10. What is special about Elisabeth's visit to Jim the second week into the fall semester?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research an article or book describing the lives of one of the murdered missionaries' families (Elliot, Saint, McCully, Fleming, and Youderian). What happened to the families after their loved ones death? Do these family members continue the work of the murdered missionaries? If not, what does the family members do? Cite examples when necessary.

Essay Topic 2

The author notes that the Lord finds it necessary sometimes to narrow one's vision until it is clearly focused. Explain situations in which Jim narrowly focuses his vision while a youth, college student, and adult. Cite some examples from the book demonstrating how Jim's narrow vision broadens. Is this vision broadening a positive or negative influence for Jim?

Essay Topic 3

The first major transition of missionaries emerged from Palestine and spread throughout the Mediterranean world. The apostle Paul became the missionary to the Gentile world. Jim reads considerable works by the apostle Paul. Using the Encyclopedia Britannica or another religion encyclopedia, research the three transitions of Christianity. Discuss which transition the Plymouth Brethren would have been part of. What is significant about this transition? What are the major geographic regions that Christianity spread in this transition?

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