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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 was Thomas Howells related to Rees?

2. In "Two Shocks", who asked Rees an unsettling question?

3. In "Marriage and Missionary Call", Rees married Elizabeth Hannah ___ .

4. In "Marriage and Missionary Call", before leaving for mission work in another country, Rees and his wife were also called to do what?

5. In "A Branch in the Vine", Rees was called to give up all his money and could only buy things he ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rees become a "new man" while on a spiritual vacation at the Llandrindod Wells Convention?

2. What people influenced Howells' life in the early years?

3. Who were two people affected by Rees' new prayer life, and how were they affected?

4. What did the Lord ask Rees to give up when He called Rees out of wage earning?

5. Rees prayed to end tuberculosis in a converted woman. What was the Lord's response to this prayer, and how did it affect Rees?

6. Why did Rees' struggle with his new directives from the Lord in the Vow of the Nazarene?

7. In "Challenging Death", Rees learned that he was to provide intercessory prayer for a person facing certain death. Having the last person die after his intercessory prayers, Rees struggled to complete his new challenge. Briefly discuss how "understanding God's will" helped Rees with this challenge.

8. How did the Lord help Rees master the skill of abiding?

9. In London, how did Rees' friend respond to Rees' hatless state?

10. How and why was Rees able to reach Lord Radstock to help him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rees and his wife are challenged by God several times to not just wait, but to do something while they wait. Citing several examples from the biography, explain how the lesson Rees and his wife learns in each instance is applied to their work as intercessors and missionaries. (For example, when the couple learned a lesson while waiting in line to buy tickets to Africa, an experience they used to help them witness while in Africa.)

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the representation of Rees' relationship with God and his life as an intercessor in relationship to Rees' "hatless" state in the face of public custom.

Essay Topic 3

In "Binding the Strong Man", Rees realizes the benefits of following God's perfect plan instead of his own. How does Rees come to this realization and how does this help Rees in his work for winning souls to the Lord? (Please site examples from the book to support your responses.)

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