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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dreams are Tawdry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jim feel intimidated and ill-prepared in his first job?
(a) Jim has never taught high school students.
(b) Jim does not like high school bureaucracy.
(c) Jim's students are rambunctious and poorly trained.
(d) Jim has only been trained for missionary work.

2. What does Jim do to improve his Spanish skills?
(a) Lives with a Quichuan family.
(b) Barter with local vendors at market.
(c) Substitute teach at the missionary school.
(d) Attends local events and public activities.

3. What does Jim mean when he mentions the "Peter the Pumpkin Eater's dilemma?"
(a) Vines maintain a hold on the earth.
(b) Seeds grow ripe with age.
(c) Seeds multiply over time.
(d) Needs multiply as they are met.

4. What does Jim do when asked by the school board to teach another year?
(a) He turns it down believing it's God's way.
(b) He turns it down to teach at another school.
(c) He signs the contract for one more year.
(d) He signs the contract for half a term.

5. Who does Jim meet who will help him with his difficulties?
(a) Rob Gill.
(b) Doreen Clifford.
(c) Barbara Edwards.
(d) Abdon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim's prayer in his journal foreshadow?

2. What do Jim and Pete learn when taking a a survey trip by airplane to the Oriente?

3. What concerns Jim about the temporal world after the announcement of Einstein's Theory of Gravitation?

4. Why does Jim feel anxious in his correspondence with Elisabeth?

5. What does Jim struggle with upon arrival in Quito?

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