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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Bilquis respond to the children's trespassing?
(a) She cut down the plum tree.
(b) She cut down the orchard.
(c) She cut down the flowers.
(d) She cut down the loquat tree.

2. What story did Bilquis tell as they placed the lamps for the party?
(a) "The Parable of the Ten Virgins."
(b) "The Parable of the Lost Pearl."
(c) "The Parable of the Good Samaritan."
(d) "The Parable of the Lost Sheep."

3. What was the separation Bilquis faced two years after the conference?
(a) The Olds left Pakistan.
(b) Bilquis left Pakistan.
(c) The Mitchells left Pakistan.
(d) General Amar left Pakistan.

4. Who arrived unexpectedly at Christmas time?
(a) The poor of the village.
(b) Her neighbors.
(c) Relatives from Rawalpindi.
(d) Her fellow Christians.

5. What did Bilquis dislike about the behavior of Christians on the airplane?
(a) Their exuberance.
(b) Their silence.
(c) Their modesty.
(d) Their rudeness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising thing does Bilquis feel impressed to do after Karim dies?

2. What did Mahmud say he would do if Bilquis died?

3. What surprised the villagers about Christ?

4. What did Synnove Mitchell tell Bilquis was happening to her?

5. How did Bilquis make up for her error with the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal significance did Bilquis place upon the conference in Singapore?

2. Why did the idea of leaving Pakistan seem enormous to Bilquis?

3. Who did Bilquis decide to invite to her Christmas party?

4. What was Christ Seeks Asia?

5. Why did Ken Old tell Bilquis that she had reason to rejoice even while she is sad at their departure?

6. What was wrong with Bilquis' plan to give a Christmas party for her Muslim and Christian friends?

7. How did Bilquis overcome the fear that confronted her as she arrived at the Olds' home?

8. What did Mahmud know about his grandmother Bilquis' Christianity?

9. What did Bilquis expect her relatives to do when they learned of her baptism?

10. How did the family react when Bilquis showed up at Karim's funeral?

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