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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 was Bilquis' second step in becoming a Christian?

2. What is the subject of Acts 1:15?

3. What did she believe Jesus required of her?

4. What percentage of Pakistan is Muslim?

5. Why did Bilquis reject the offer of a Mullah to help her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What negative experience preceded Bilquis' baptism?

6. Which teaching of the Quran disturbed Bilquis?

7. Why did Bilquis believe she would lose everything if she chose to follow Jesus?

8. What did Bilquis sense as she prayed to God as her father?

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

10. Why was baptism a testing point for Bilquis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Writers write for different purposes such as to inform, to entertain, or to persuade. In your essay, identify what purpose you think Bilquis had in making her story available through this book. Does it seem to you that she is proselytizing, trying to convert others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Using the Internet, write an essay comparing the Pakistan described by Bilquis with the Pakistan of today. Is the country still 96% Muslim? Are there conflicts with other religions within the country? Are the Bhutto family members still in power? Is "biraderi" still the basis of family and tribal governance? What other differences and similarities do you see?

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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