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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 China have a "one-child law"?

2. Why was Yun's life not an easy one after his escape?

3. What was the vision called that was passed to Yun by a missionary?

4. What kind of agreement did Yun have to sign to be released from prison?

5. When Yun got home after being released from prison, what was he immediately asked to do by the Christians who had been waiting for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, Yun went to trial. How was his devotional book, "Streams in the Desert" used to help him stay faithful to his fellow Christians on the outside?

2. Explain the miraculous circumstances of Yun's escape from prison in Chapter Twenty-Two.

3. When the prison camp officials ordered the prisoners to write a plan for their lives, how was Yun encouraged to renew his walk with God?

4. In Chapter Twenty, how did the church experience disunity?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, Deling was jailed with Yun. How did their children avoid being taken by the government?

6. How did Yun eventually end up hospitalized in a German refugee detention center?

7. While Yun was in prison, his wife and mother worked their family fields. What did they do, and what was the result?

8. What did Yun say was the difference between the Western church and the Chinese church as far as sermon content?

9. What devastating news did Yun hear in Chapter Twenty-Five?

10. In Chapter Sixteen, what were the conditions of Yun's release?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Yun's observations of the Chinese church compared to the Western church. Provide three examples from the book which characterize Yun's opinions. Why were there such marked differences?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Deling's life while Yun was in prison. What was life like for her? Did she experience hardship? Cite three examples from the book of times when Deling experienced persecution of her own, and how she dealt with it.

Essay Topic 3

Yun noted that 1985 was "a powerful year" for Christianity in China. What did he mean by this? Discuss how the attitudes of some of his guards began to change, and note what you think might cause those changes. Was the attitude of the government changing as well? Discuss two different circumstances where Yun was shown that the intolerance towards Christianity might be waning.

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