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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim warn Elisabeth before he lets her read his journal?
(a) It has very few references to her.
(b) It contains passages which may make her upset.
(c) It is a devotional for his future children.
(d) It is a book of remembrance.

2. What happens on Reverse Day?
(a) Students wear their clothes backwards.
(b) Students may submit their coursework in pig Latin.
(c) There is a role reversal between men and women.
(d) There is a role reversal between professor and student.

3. Since Jim Elliot believes in living his faith outside the pulpit, what is he readily available to do when his peers have questions about God?
(a) Explain the scriptures to other students.
(b) Explain the preaching of Harry Ironside.
(c) Conduct religious conversion.
(d) Quote Presbyterian dogma concerning matters of religious faith.

4. What does Fred Elliot do in his young adult years?
(a) Travels with the preacher Harry Ironside.
(b) Opens a successful carpentry business.
(c) Goes back to school.
(d) Begins preaching at a Presbyterian kirk.

5. What does Jim spend his lunch hour doing?
(a) Reading the Psalms.
(b) Attending the Student Missionary Convention.
(c) Meeting with Dr. Book.
(d) Lecturing incoming freshman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school is Clara Luginbuhl attending when she first meets Fred Elliot?

2. Who said, "His emphasis was upon sacrifice, not of worldly goods so much as of family ties?"

3. Why does Jim choose Greek as his major?

4. What does Jim realize walking away from the Convention?

5. What particular hobbies of Jim Elliot prepare his for life in the jungle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jim rebuke the world's fascination with Einstein's new theory of gravitation?

2. What role does prayer lead in Jim's daily schedule?

3. Describe the event when the male Aucan and two women greet the five missionaries on Curaray River.

4. What are some of the activities Jim, Dave Howard, Verd Holsteen and Roger Lewis do while traveling for the Foreign Missions Fellowship in 1948?

5. What events influence Fred Elliot's conversion to God?

6. What are some of the gifts the missionaries give the Aucans?

7. What does Jim learn about his judgment for others by his senior year in college?

8. Why are the Indians curious about the white men?

9. What are some examples of Jim living the verse, "Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might?"

10. What is the significance of Jim sending off his newly married brother and sister-in-law on their honeymoon?

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