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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 was the requirement for the young people who would work at the Center?

2. What did they have to clean out of the building?

3. What did Dave say came very quickly in regard to the building?

4. With what did Dave confront the young recruits?

5. What did Dave's living quarters do for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Linda Meisner do at the Center? How did she handle the dangers of her job?

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

3. Describe how Dave finally made a decision about moving to New York?

4. To what does Nicky agree and describe what he talks about.

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

6. How does Dave feel about Nicky Cruz's revelation and what does he do about it?

7. What does Gwen point out that reminds the author of his vision in Chapter 12?

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

9. What methods does Dave say the board used to purchase the building? What do you think he means by "hard-nosed" business sense?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Christian evangelical terms, making statements about that faith is often called "witnessing" or "testifying" i.e., speaking of one's personal experience with God. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think Christians desire to tell others about their religious experiences?

2. Why do you think Christians desire to convince non-believers to become Christians?

3. Do you think it is commendable that evangelical Christians go out on the streets to try to convince other people to believe as they do? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Wilkerson describes the buying and remodeling of an old mansion for a Teen Challenge Center. He bought the mansion with no idea of how he is going to continue paying for it. Discuss the following:

1. Is it responsible to rely upon prayer and God to take care of your finances? Should people go out and purchase what they feel "led" to do on credit and assume God will come up with the payments when needed?

2. Do faith and finances mix?

3. Can the idea of doing something on faith be misused?

Essay Topic 3

Most literature, whether fiction or non-fiction have themes. Discuss one of the following:

1. Define theme and give an example of it from your favorite book or movie and discuss it thoroughly.

2. Thoroughly discuss two of the themes you believe are present in the Cross and the Switchblade.

3. If you were writing a memoir of your life, what are two themes you think would evolve? Discuss them with examples illustrating the themes.

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