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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 often is Jim going to church?

2. What class is Judy taking?

3. In the temple Judy wonders why they are being told to repeat a prayer originally answered by whom?

4. How does Judy feel when she realizes Mormonism is a false religion?

5. For which of her children does Judy have the most concern?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Janet at school when people begin to learn her family is leaving the church?

2. Briefly describe the significance of the idea of the word "central" to the Robertsons.

3. Why does the Mormon church require each family to have a year's supply of food on hand?

4. In the Mormon story of Adam and Eve, who instructs them to clothe themselves? What do the aprons represent?

5. What happens to the one woman who talks to Judy about her husband's refusal to remove the garment?

6. Briefly describe the experience where Judy realizes the Mormon church isn't teaching the same things as Christ?

7. What happens when Judy visits the psychiatrist?

8. How does the bishop react to the Robertsons' decision to leave the church?

9. Of what does Jim and Judy's ministry consist?

10. What has Jim's role in the church become?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the reactions of Jim and Judy's Mormon friends as well as church clergy when they tell they are leaving the church. What do these reactions have in common? Is there anything different or unusual about any of the reactions?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways do the Mormons present their faith as a "regular" religion to outsiders? How does this outward appearance help them to gain members and support?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Steve and Kirk not have as much trouble as Janet did with the change from Mormonism?

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