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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 Bilquis understand would be the fate of a Muslim who was baptized?

2. Why were Muslims advised not to employ Christians, according to Bilquis?

3. What does baptism mean to a Muslim, according to Bilquis?

4. Why did Bilquis decide not to park at a distance from the Mitchells' home?

5. Who taught Muhammed the words of the Quran?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Quran and the New Testament agree on about the Jews?

2. Which teaching of the Quran disturbed Bilquis?

3. What honors have Bilquis' family members received?

4. What teaching of Jesus in Matthew 10 helped Bilquis make her decision about Christianity?

5. Why did Bilquis believe her family would be ashamed if they knew she was visiting Christian missionaries?

6. What feelings did Bilquis experience during her first supernatural event?

7. What unusual experience did Bilquis have after her sense of being baptized by the spirit?

8. What did Bilquis learn that she needed to do to keep the good feelings she was experiencing?

9. What important event in Islamic history took place in A.D. 610?

10. Why was Bilquis comforted by reading of Paul's experiences?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the changes Bilquis undergoes are surprising to her. In your essay, discuss how she learns about the changes in her own personality and how this effects the credibility of her story to the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Bilquis tells of experiences, such as floating out the window and being shaken from her bed, that are outside normal human experience. In your essay, select one or two of these experiences and give your opinion of these supernatural events. How does she account for them?

Essay Topic 3

Often those who experience a religious conversion are seekers - people who have been unsatisfied with their way of life and are actively attempting to change. Was Bilquis such a person as the story begins? If not, what made her want to change? In your essay, explore the motives that compel Bilquis along the path to conversion.

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