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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Lawson greet Gladys without emotion?
(a) That was her nature.
(b) She was disappointed when she saw Gladys.
(c) She was becoming senile with age.
(d) That was the Chinese custom.

2. After Gladys left Chita, what did she decide to do?
(a) Stay in Russia as a missionary.
(b) Stay in Russia until the fighting was over.
(c) Return to England until the fighting was over.
(d) Continue to China.

3. With what did Gladys buy her first child?
(a) Some food.
(b) A pound.
(c) A mule.
(d) Approximately ninepence.

4. What did Gladys tell the woman who was holding a child?
(a) The child was too heavy to be carried.
(b) She could give the child medicine.
(c) The child should not be in the blazing sun.
(d) The child should be taught to read.

5. Who joined Gladys in her mission work?
(a) Ai-weh-deh.
(b) A friend from England.
(c) Mrs. Ching.
(d) Soldiers.

6. What was Gladys' Chinese name?
(a) Tien-lu.
(b) Ai-weh-deh.
(c) Wen Ching.
(d) Chen Shu.

7. When Gladys awoke one night during the convention, what did she suspect was happening?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) Revival.
(c) Enemy bombardment.
(d) An earthquake.

8. Where did Gladys find the note, "Be ye not afraid of them--I am your God"?
(a) Her Bible.
(b) The walls of her jail cell.
(c) Under the train seat.
(d) A British pound note.

9. From what did Mrs. Lawson die?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Old age.

10. Why did the mission society committee decide not to send Gladys to China?
(a) They decided that the Chinese language would be too difficult for her to learn.
(b) They had insufficient funding.
(c) They decided that she was too young.
(d) They did not permit women to travel to China alone.

11. What was Gladys asked to travel the province inspecting?
(a) Hair.
(b) Feet.
(c) Opium trade.
(d) Temples.

12. In Chapter 8, what did the mandarin fail to see when speaking to Gladys?
(a) The impending war.
(b) The evils of human slave trade.
(c) The need for foot-binding to end.
(d) How Christianity could change China.

13. Where did Mrs. Ching expect Gladys was taking her?
(a) Prison.
(b) Her master's.
(c) School.
(d) The mandarin's.

14. Where did Gladys take the baby she bought?
(a) A boarding school.
(b) Home.
(c) The hospital.
(d) An orphanage.

15. Who questioned Gladys' presumption to bring her civilization and religion to China?
(a) The mandarin.
(b) Mr. Lu.
(c) Mrs. Ching.
(d) Mrs. Lawson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivered a last-minute sermon at Gladys' convention?

2. After Gladys accumulated many children, what did she no longer feel?

3. Why did Mrs. Lawson tell Gladys not to undress for bed?

4. In Chapter 5, from which government official did Gladys receive a visit?

5. In which country was Gladys' train attacked?

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