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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 does Jim experience during a gospel team trip across the Midwest with Dave Howard, Roger Lewis, and Verd Holstein?

2. What does Jim tell his sister to do at the beginning of each day?

3. Where does Jim go at the end of 1948?

4. Why does Jim take his exams early?

5. What happens on Reverse Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events leading to the marriage of Fred Elliot and Clara Luginbuhl.

2. What comes of the friendships between the Elliot and MacAllister families?

3. What are the weaknesses Jim sees while working for the Foreign Missions Fellowship?

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

5. What is special about Elisabeth's visit to Jim the second week into the fall semester?

6. What is the significance of Jim and Elisabeth both majoring in Greek?

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

8. Why is Jim wary of women?

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

10. Why does Jim watch his diet and exercise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim is regarded as a woman hater while a young adult. Elisabeth's friends tell her that breaking a date with Jim is a bad move. How does Jim gain this reputation? How would Jim's life be different if his view of women was different? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Research an article or book describing the lives of one of the murdered missionaries' families (Elliot, Saint, McCully, Fleming, and Youderian). What happened to the families after their loved ones death? Do these family members continue the work of the murdered missionaries? If not, what does the family members do? Cite examples when necessary.

Essay Topic 3

Fred Eliot, Jim's father, has to leave school as a young man to help with household duties due to an ill parent. For an individual with a strong mind, how does this childhood experience shape his personality? How does this experience shape Fred when raising his own children? Cite examples from the book to support your character analysis.

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