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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. How many years does Bruce have to wait before he can share his belief in God with the Motilones?
2. How long does the epidemic in Chapter 22 last?
3. How is Atabacdora injured in Chapter 19?
4. After Bruce leaves the hospital in Tibu, what does he bring back to make his life more comfortable?
5. What are two men yelling into a hole in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Bobby and Bruchko have to do when they are translating Philippians?
2. What happens to Atabacadora and how is he healed?
3. How does Bruce discover that the Motilone language is a tonal language?
4. Why is everyone afraid when the tiger speaks?
5. Why do the Motilone not shoot any man or animal who is about to die a natural death?
6. What rule does an elderly chief suggest be followed whenever the Bible was read?
7. What bothers Bruce about being with the Motilones?
8. Why is it strange that when the Motilones go to tell the Yukos about Jesus, the Yukos understand them?
9. How does Bruce get money to pay for drugs for a measles epidemic?
10. What game do the Yuko play that would upset the Motilones?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is a special thing to the Motilone to walk the trail with someone. Explain what the Motilone mean when they refer to walking the trail and what it means to walk the trail with Jesus. Use examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book, Bruce wonders if Christianity can be separate from culture. Using Bruce's arguments from the book, argue whether Bruce believes that people can become Christians without abandoning their culture.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 10, Bruce quotes Psalm 23:5. Explain what that verse means to Bruce and whether he believes the verse literally or symbolically using examples from the book.
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