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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 teaching about Christ does the Quran reject?

2. How did Bilquis feel on her way to the Mitchells' home?

3. How many guests at the dinner party were Pakistani?

4. What attitude toward wrongdoers is taught in John 8:7?

5. Where had Bilquis visited for shopping while she was married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Romans 10 teach Bilquis that one must do to be saved?

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

4. How does the reader learn of Bilquis' social and economic status?

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

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

7. Why was baptism a testing point for Bilquis?

8. What negative experience preceded Bilquis' baptism?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of Bilquis' learning comes from dreams. In your essay, summarize the meaning of the key dreams in her spiritual journey. Tell the lessons she learned from those dreams.

Essay Topic 2

When Bilquis experiences a heart attack, she returns to Pakistan. She is seeking safety where she had once felt unsafe. Why do you think the circumstances have changed? Do you find it ironic that she would go home in a weakened condition? Why or why not? In your essay, discuss the changes in Bilquis' thinking and Pakistan's cultural, religious, and political landscape.

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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