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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 anxious in his correspondence with Elisabeth?
(a) He feels an urgency to bring the Word of God to others.
(b) He wants to stay in the United States after all.
(c) He is tired of being unemployed.
(d) He feels he is entangled in earthly possessions.

2. Who arrives in Quito causing Jim both joy and anxiety?
(a) Dee Short.
(b) Elisabeth Howard.
(c) Dr. Hugo Cevallos.
(d) Dona Bacha.

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

4. What does Dr. Tidmarsh teach Jim and the other new missionaries?
(a) Applying a tourniquet.
(b) Setting broken limbs.
(c) Teeth cleaning.
(d) Homeopathy.

5. Why does Jim send his childhood friend, Dick Fisher, a terse letter?
(a) Jim fears Dick may sabotage his misisonary work.
(b) Jim fears Dick has gotten himself into terrible debt.
(c) Jim fears Dick is straying from his childhood faith.
(d) Jim believes Dick is missing God's best for his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim mean when he mentions the "Peter the Pumpkin Eater's dilemma?"

2. Why is Jim anxious to travel to South America to learn the native language now rather than later?

3. Who does Jim meet who will help him with his difficulties?

4. What is the principle characteristic bringing together the unlikely match of Jim Elliot and Elisabeth Howard?

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

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