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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. Who was Mahmud?

2. Why is the Quran always read in Arabic?

3. Why did Bilquis think Raishan was frightened by her request for a Bible?

4. Who taught Muhammed the words of the Quran?

5. Whom did Bilquis want Mrs. Mitchell to identify for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bilquis describe her father?

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

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

4. Why was baptism a testing point for Bilquis?

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

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

7. Which teaching of the Quran disturbed Bilquis?

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

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

10. What does the Quran teach about Jesus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bilquis speaks of feeling satisfied and complete when she is living "in the glory," and dark and sad when she is not. Yet many of her experiences "in the glory" are sad rather than joyful. In your essay, explore what the feeling she is attempting to describe might be like. Cite examples from the story to support your idea.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Rather than beginning the story with an explanation of Bilquis' family and social standing, details about her life are revealed gradually. In your essay, quote phrases from the text that make clear the economic and social position of her family. Summarize what you know or can infer about them and their way of life.

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