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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dreams are Tawdry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim struggle with upon arrival in Quito?
(a) His Spanish.
(b) The accomodations.
(c) Lack of modern amenities.
(d) Food and water.

2. What is the principle characteristic bringing together the unlikely match of Jim Elliot and Elisabeth Howard?
(a) Their attractive looks.
(b) The way they speak to each other during long absences.
(c) Their unwavering devotion to Christ.
(d) Their easygoing demeanor.

3. What does Jim's prayer in his journal foreshadow?
(a) He will be an agent of change whether God wills it or not.
(b) He has now achieved his approved unto God degree.
(c) He will be the fork in the road testing people on their true beliefs.
(d) He will either live or die in the name of the Lord.

4. Why does Jim send his childhood friend, Dick Fisher, a terse letter?
(a) Jim believes Dick is missing God's best for his life.
(b) Jim fears Dick may sabotage his misisonary work.
(c) Jim fears Dick is straying from his childhood faith.
(d) Jim fears Dick has gotten himself into terrible debt.

5. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?
(a) Liz.
(b) Beth.
(c) Betty.
(d) Bettina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim mean when he mentions the "Peter the Pumpkin Eater's dilemma?"

2. Besides being drafted, what other dilemma does Jim struggle with?

3. Why does Jim feel anxious in his correspondence with Elisabeth?

4. What do Jim and Pete learn when taking a a survey trip by airplane to the Oriente?

5. Why is Jim anxious to travel to South America to learn the native language now rather than later?

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