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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 does Jesus promise His followers in Revelations 3:20?

2. What was the "Night of Power"?

3. Why was Bilquis uneasy about being baptized in Peshawar?

4. What was Bilquis' second step in becoming a Christian?

5. How many people attended the Mitchells' dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What aspect of Muslim practice provided reassurance to Bilquis?

4. Why was Bilquis troubled about her grandson, Mahmud?

5. Why does it help Bilquis when Synnove Mitchell tells her the story of the wise men?

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

7. Why had Bilquis learned Arabic?

8. What negative experience preceded Bilquis' baptism?

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

10. How did Bilquis describe her father?

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

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

Bilquis speaks frequently of the process that is transforming her into a different sort of person than she has been. In your essay, cite the experiences that change her and how she comes to realize that she is changing. Describe what she did before and what she learned to do as she came to understand Christianity.

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