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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. How far had the woman come to seek Bilquis' help?
2. What did Bilquis' brother-in-law Jamil tell her she has gained for all her losses?
3. How did Bilquis learn what happened to her family after she was boycotted?
4. What did Bilquis say is the opposite of worrying?
5. What was the separation Bilquis faced two years after the conference?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Bilquis learn about repentance that she calls a "beautiful secret"?
2. What did Bilquis learn when the village woman did not return to thank her for her help?
3. How did Bilquis explain to Mahmud that Christians can have great confidence in dangerous times?
4. What came as a threat to Bilquis' precious afternoon rest?
5. Why did Ken Old tell Bilquis that she had reason to rejoice even while she is sad at their departure?
6. What situation did Bilquis allow to make the decision about whether to travel to Singapore?
7. What personal significance did Bilquis place upon the conference in Singapore?
8. What did Peggy Schlorholtz want Bilquis to do with her?
9. What lesson about staying in God's presence did Bilquis learn from the family funerals?
10. What did Bilquis expect her relatives to do when they learned of her baptism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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