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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilkerson see as the first step towards making an addict?
(a) Parents not reading to their children.
(b) Parents abusing their kids.
(c) Dealers target the lonely, outcasts in school.
(d) Children not being supervised after school.

2. What does Wilkerson learn about how addicts at the center stay off drugs successfully?
(a) By asking their parents for help.
(b) By prayer.
(c) By attending church and school.
(d) By being baptized into the Holy Spirit.

3. What does long-term addiction do?
(a) Creates an opportunity for a miracle.
(b) Breaks down both the body and spirit.
(c) Causes loss of respect.
(d) Makes criminals.

4. Who does Dave say inspired him to find a building for his dream?
(a) Gwen.
(b) Rev. Ortez.
(c) Nicky Cruz.
(d) His grandfather.

5. What was the atmosphere like at the center?
(a) Happy.
(b) Religious.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Subdued.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dave figure out about conversion and gang members?

2. What happens to the ministry as a result of Dave's television program?

3. From what country is Nicky?

4. What is another factor about drug addiction that Wilkerson addresses in Chapter 19?

5. How did the church respond to Nicky's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief synopsis on how the author sees the manner in which drug addiction comes about. Do you think this seems reasonable?

2. What eventually happened to Maria?

3. What was the process Dave had to go through in order to have the Teen Challenge Center ready for Business?

4. What does Dave describe as his first step in training the young people that would work with him? Do you think Dave had enough experience to be teaching them?

5. What upset Dave after feeling so great about Nicky?

6. What does the author have to say about the economics of drugs?

7. Who does he encounter when he arrives back in New York and what does that person tell him?

8. What does he tell a Catholic priest about Pentecost?

9. Who inspired Dave to find a place and what did she say would come? Who helped him find a place for the Teen Center and what did they find? Does the place sound like a good building?

10. What story does the author tell in Chapter 20 to illustrate the difficulty of breaking a drug habit. Do you agree with his assessment?

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