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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. How does Maria get off drugs?

2. What were Dave's living quarters like when he returns to New York.

3. What did Dave not want the recruits to use?

4. What were Dave and his team looking for in a building?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What eventually happened to Maria?

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

6. 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?

7. What were the first stages of his New York ministry, called and what did he do primarily in it?

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

9. What do the recovering addicts at the center tell Dave when he asks why they are successful? What does Dave think about their answer?

10. What was one of the problems that happened occasionally at the center about meals? How was the problem often handled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author takes a very straightforward, simple approach to telling his story. There are no poetic or literary embellishments. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think the author deliberately chose the particular writing style for a reason?

2. Does the style help or hinder the message in the book? Explain fully.

3. Does the style help or hinder reader enjoyment? Explain fully.

Essay Topic 2

When Wilkerson is planning a mass rally to evangelize gangs, he learns gang members were reluctant to attend and was surprised to discover that they all somehow discovered that becoming engaged with the Holy Spirit would make them cry and the gang members were afraid of appearing vulnerable. Discuss the following:

1. What would it be hard for a gang member to seem vulnerable?

2. Do you think the female gang members were as reluctant to appear in public crying as the male gang members? Why or why not.

3. Why do you think people cry after a conversion experience? Do you think it happens when people convert to other religions?

4. What do you think crying does for someone who has just become a Christian?

Essay Topic 3

The author believes that the core of all drug addiction is loneliness. Discuss the following:

1. How would you define loneliness?

2. Why do you think loneliness contributes to drug addiction?

3. Do you think loneliness is the main reason for drug addiction?

4. What other reasons might there be for someone becoming a drug addict?

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