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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 surprised Bilquis with a visit after the funerals?

2. What does "Ji" mean?

3. Three village children warned Mahmud about__________.

4. What did the holy spirit gradually teach Bilquis to do?

5. How did Bilquis make up for her error with the children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why had four of Bilquis' Christian servants fled from her house?

4. What did Bilquis expect her relatives to do when they learned of her baptism?

5. Who did Bilquis decide to invite to her Christmas party?

6. What personal significance did Bilquis place upon the conference in Singapore?

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

8. What pressure did the community put upon Bilquis?

9. What was Christ Seeks Asia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Bilquis' story progresses, both she and the reader sense an impending doom that does not come to pass. She never learns what might have happened to her and Mahmud had she not hurried out of the country. In your essay, discuss this information gap. Is it disappointing to you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing Christianity and Islam as they are revealed in Bilquis' story. Include ways in which the two religions are similar, as well as ways in which they are different.

Essay Topic 3

Bilquis tells of experiences, such as floating out the window and being shaken from her bed, that are outside normal human experience. In your essay, select one or two of these experiences and give your opinion of these supernatural events. How does she account for them?

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