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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the principle characteristic bringing together the unlikely match of Jim Elliot and Elisabeth Howard?
(a) The way they speak to each other during long absences.
(b) Their attractive looks.
(c) Their unwavering devotion to Christ.
(d) Their easygoing demeanor.

3. Why is Jim anxious to travel to South America to learn the native language now rather than later?
(a) He believes he may be transferred to a different mission in North America if he waits.
(b) He believes another missionary will take his place.
(c) He fears the older you get the harder it is to learn new things.
(d) He fears he is losing the Spanish he learned while in Mexico.

4. 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 has only been trained for missionary work.
(d) Jim's students are rambunctious and poorly trained.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim warn Elisabeth before he lets her read his journal?

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

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

4. Why does Jim send his childhood friend, Dick Fisher, a terse letter?

5. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?

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