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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 did Bilquis understand would be the fate of a Muslim who was baptized?

2. How does Romans 10:4 teach that one becomes righteous?

3. What is the ancient Muslim law about those who fall away from the faith?

4. When does Muslim law require burial?

5. What percentage of Pakistan is Muslim?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was baptism a testing point for Bilquis?

3. What honors have Bilquis' family members received?

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

5. What does the Quran teach about Jesus?

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

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

8. What negative experience preceded Bilquis' baptism?

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Interesting facts about Bilquis' life before she became involved with Christianity come to light as the story progresses. We learn of her husband's career, her international travels, her divorce, her work during World War II, and her help with the Simple Living Plan.. Why do you think these facts are not initially presented? In your essay, state whether these facts are important to your understanding of Bilquis' story. Why or why not? Why do you think they are presented as incidental, rather than central, to the story?

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