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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 did Gladys do to Mr. Shan?

2. What was blamed for anti-government sentiment?

3. What were the college students sticking pins into?

4. When did Gladys take a position at a Methodist church to receive war refugees?

5. By Chapter 10, how many orphans had Gladys taken in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Gladys have immediate success at the prison?

2. What difficulty did Gladys face in leaving China for England?

3. What difficulties did Gladys face on the journey to Madame Chiang's?

4. Were the Christian Chinese students who were gathered into a town square courageous?

5. Why were Dr. Huang and Gladys singing in Chapter 13?

6. Why did Gladys end up in a hospital in Chapter 11?

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

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

9. Why did Lao Dah interrogate Gladys?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

War affected Gladys several times during her life time. Cite one example when Gladys was in the midst of war. Describe her actions and reactions to the event. Discuss whether or not you consider her actions commendable.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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