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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. How long did Bilquis pray before receiving an answer?

2. How long did the mullah pray for Mahmud when the child fell ill?

3. Who shared Bilquis' name?

4. Why was Bilquis anxious to be baptized as soon as possible?

5. Why was Pakistan created, according to Bilquis' father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why had Bilquis learned Arabic?

3. What is unusual about the political and religious structure of Pakistan, according to Bilquis' father?

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

5. After Bilquis' first dream, what did she feel compelled to do?

6. What did Ken Old warn Bilquis about the social consequence of her baptism?

7. What does the Quran teach about Jesus?

8. What did Bilquis experience as a baptism of the spirit?

9. What negative experience preceded Bilquis' baptism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bilquis faces both internal and external conflicts in this story. In your essay, compare and contrast the two types of conflict. Which do you feel is more difficult for her to contend with? Which lasts longer?

Essay Topic 2

In her story, Bilquis speaks often of observing or experiencing an "odd confidence" as she goes through her conversion. She describes herself as growing "bolder" and feeling "strangely confident." In your essay, cite those experiences and tell how Bilquis might have reacted if she were not imbued with this unusual confidence.

Essay Topic 3

In your essay, discuss the differences you see between Bilquis' life as a Pakistani and the life she might have experienced as a Western woman. Use the following questions as the beginning of your thinking: Why does she not drive? Why does she have to ask her servants whether her grandson has eaten? Why does she have to learn from her servants where her family is and what their intentions are toward her? Are these situations governed by cultural mores that are peculiar to her time and place?

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