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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. Scott is the youngest of three children and is baptized into what faith?

2. Why does Kimberly choose Grove City?

3. What is the Protestant theory of justification, or how one becomes saved?

4. What type of birth control do Kimberly and Scott begin to use?

5. How does Scott feel when he presses various experts he knows on these issues?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kimberly attend Grove City College?

2. How do Scott and Kimberly get to know each other?

3. What does Scott think about the Reformed "Covenant Theology?"

4. What does Scott repeat about Protestantism during a debate between himself, Gerry, and a professor?

5. In what church is Scott Hahn raised?

6. Why does Scott begin to question the Reformers?

7. What book does Scott read? What does he do with this new knowledge?

8. Describe Scott's teenage years.

9. What do Scott and his fellow seminarians feel about the Catholic tradition?

10. What does Scott realize about his pastorate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Scott and Kimberly go to Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary.

Part 1) Why do they attend this school? How do events at this school begin Scott's slow conversion?

Part 2) At this time the Hahns adopt Natural Family Planning as a form of contraception. Why do they do this? How did they come to this decision? What are your thoughts on Natural Family Planning?

Part 3) What does Scott learn about sola fide at this time? How does this influence his opinions on Catholicism?

Essay Topic 2

For much of the story, Kimberly's beliefs and feelings contrast with Scott's.

Part 1) How and when do their beliefs being to differ? How do these differences affect each of them?

Part 2) How do these characters reconcile? Was the reconciliation foreshadowed? If so, how? If not, how was it surprising or unexpected?

Part 3) Do you believe these characters will stay reconciled? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Scott and Kimberly attend Grove City College.

Part 1) Why do they each decide to attend Grove City College? How does this college support their initial beliefs?

Part 2) How does Scott and Kimberly's relationship develop at this time? How important are their common beliefs? How does this foreshadow problems to come?

Part 3) How does Kimberly's attitude towards Scott also foreshadow the struggles later in their marriage?

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