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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 contract after delivering the children to Madame Chiang's?

2. Who asked to be converted to Christianity before leaving to another province?

3. The questionnaires given to the university students evaluated what?

4. After crossing the river, how did the children travel?

5. How were the results from the second test different than those from the first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chu En do in Yangcheng?

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

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

4. Did Lao Dah truly change?

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

6. What prompted Gladys to return to England?

7. Do you think Gladys should have acted as a spy for the Chinese general?

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

9. How did Gladys get a stethoscope for Chu En?

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

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

Describe the conversation between the mandarin and Gladys concerning missionary work in China. Defend one side of the argument, using examples from the book to support your answer.

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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