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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. From what did Mrs. Lawson die?

2. What about Mrs. Lawson and Gladys amazed the Chinese?

3. Where did Mrs. Ching expect Gladys was taking her?

4. On her journey to China, in which European city did Gladys spend the night with another young woman?

5. Where did Gladys stay in Kobe, Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Gladys show compassion for Mrs. Ching and the children living with her?

2. How does Gladys describe one of her foot-inspecting visits to a village?

3. How did Dr. and Mrs. Fisher influence Gladys?

4. What step finalized Gladys' immersion into China?

5. In Chapter 3, how did Gladys manage to get on a ship for Japan?

6. In Chapters 5 and 6, how did Gladys use the opportunities that came her way to spread her message?

7. Describe Gladys' mission work in England, before she left for China.

8. In Chapter 2, how did Gladys discover that her train was being attacked?

9. Did Gladys exceed the low expectations that the mission society committee in England had for her?

10. Was Gladys'convention ruined by the guest speaker failing to arrive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gladys entitles her first chapter "China's Millions," referring to the millions of Chinese who had never heard about Jesus Christ. How was her life an answer to this challenge? By the end of the book, had she done something about those millions? Cite three specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the Gladys Aylward who left England in 1932 with Ai-Weh-Deh who returned twenty years later. Discuss the changes and similarities in both her outward appearance and her personality.

Essay Topic 3

Gladys ends her autobiography by saying, "My heart is full of praise that one so insignificant, uneducated and ordinary in every way could be used to His glory and for the blessing of His people in poor persecuted China." This paradoxical theme of an insignificant parlor maid performing great accomplishments appears throughout the book. Cite three examples from the book where "insignificant, uneducated and ordinary" Gladys accomplishes great things.

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