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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. Why could Gladys not sleeping during the first night at the lamasery?

2. What were the college students sticking pins into?

3. How did Gladys travel to a larger hospital during her illness?

4. Which of Gladys's children wanted to return to Yangcheng, although it was still dangerous?

5. How long did Lao Dah stay with Gladys after his return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Gladys wise to flee with the Chinese army in Chapter 10?

2. Why did Lao Dah interrogate Gladys?

3. What did Chu En do in Yangcheng?

4. Who were Gladys' unlikely companions during her time at the prison, and how did they support her?

5. Were the lamas surprised by the visit of Gladys and Dr. Huang?

6. Did Lao Dah's life have a happy ending?

7. Why did Gladys write to Madame Chiang in Chapter 10?

8. Why were a group of college students placing pins on a map of northwest China?

9. Why had Mr. Lu not returned to the mule inn?

10. Did Lao Dah truly change?

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

In her lifetime, Gladys was a citizen of first England and then China. Compare and contrast Gladys' descriptions of these two countries. Include a comparison of the people and Gladys' work within each country.

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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