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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 is the reason Jim tells his parents he will not be home for Christmas?

2. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?

3. What does Jim warn Elisabeth before he lets her read his journal?

4. How does Jim improve his Spanish speaking skills during the summer of his sophomore year?

5. What does Jim realize walking away from the Convention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events surrounding the use of guns among boyhood friends Jim, Dutch, and Dick.

2. What are some examples of Jim's high school escapades as a prep test for his service to God?

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

4. What are the weaknesses Jim sees while working for the Foreign Missions Fellowship?

5. Describe the events leading to the marriage of Fred Elliot and Clara Luginbuhl.

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

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

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

9. What role does prayer lead in Jim's daily schedule?

10. What events influence Fred Elliot's conversion to God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The primary purpose of missionary effort is to plant Christian churches in remote, indigenous areas. The specific missionary goal is to help these emerging churches become self-propagating, self-governing, and self-supporting. In your opinion, does Jim Elliot succeed in this missionary goal? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Prior to their final meeting with the Aucans, the five missionaries sang together as they so often did, "We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender. We go not forth alone against the foe." The author uses a literary comparison between the missionaries and soldiers fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Compare and contrast the battle fought by the missionaries and the Gettysburg soldiers. What are similar traits or characteristics by both groups? What are different traits or characteristics of both groups?

Essay Topic 3

Jim is methodical in his day-to-day activities. His friends describe him as having a "one-track" mind. What do Jim's friends mean by "one-track mind?" How does this pattern of work influence Jim in his later missionary work? Cite examples of Jim's methodical way of handling chores and studies.

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