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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 family member was first to visit Bilquis?

2. What was Bilquis' long-standing rule about afternoon visits?

3. How long did Bilquis have to prepare to leave Pakistan?

4. What does "Ji" mean?

5. Where did Bilquis send the needy village woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Peggy Schlorholtz want Bilquis to do with her?

2. What were the negative and positive results of the Christmas party?

3. Why did Bilquis decide not to replace all of the servants she lost?

4. Why did the idea of leaving Pakistan seem enormous to Bilquis?

5. How did Bilquis explain to Mahmud that Christians can have great confidence in dangerous times?

6. What did Mahmud know about his grandmother Bilquis' Christianity?

7. What happened to Bilquis' family members who had been coming to visit her?

8. What did Bilquis learn about repentance that she calls a "beautiful secret"?

9. What was Christ Seeks Asia?

10. What lesson about staying in God's presence did Bilquis learn from the family funerals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In your essay, discuss the ways in which Bilquis shares her religious experiences with others and the success or lack of it that she experiences.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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