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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 surprising thing does Bilquis feel impressed to do after Karim dies?

2. Why did Bilquis decide to break her own rule about afternoon visits?

3. What did Bilquis pray for Aunt Amina?

4. What was Tooni's fear for Bilquis?

5. What did Bilquis think would be the determining factor in agreeing to Dr. Stanley Mooneyham's request?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson about staying in God's presence did Bilquis learn from the family funerals?

2. Why did the idea of leaving Pakistan seem enormous to Bilquis?

3. What happened to Bilquis when she decided that she would not be driven out of her home?

4. How did the family react when Bilquis showed up at Karim's funeral?

5. What personal significance did Bilquis place upon the conference in Singapore?

6. What was Christ Seeks Asia?

7. What radical idea did Bilquis decide would revive the Sunday fellowship meetings?

8. What did Mahmud know about his grandmother Bilquis' Christianity?

9. How did Bilquis overcome the fear that confronted her as she arrived at the Olds' home?

10. What pressure did the community put upon Bilquis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Writers write for different purposes such as to inform, to entertain, or to persuade. In your essay, identify what purpose you think Bilquis had in making her story available through this book. Does it seem to you that she is proselytizing, trying to convert others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Rather than beginning the story with an explanation of Bilquis' family and social standing, details about her life are revealed gradually. In your essay, quote phrases from the text that make clear the economic and social position of her family. Summarize what you know or can infer about them and their way of life.

Essay Topic 3

As Bilquis' story progresses, both she and the reader sense an impending doom that does not come to pass. She never learns what might have happened to her and Mahmud had she not hurried out of the country. In your essay, discuss this information gap. Is it disappointing to you? Why or why not?

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