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

2. 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 is straying from his childhood faith.
(c) Jim fears Dick has gotten himself into terrible debt.
(d) Jim believes Dick is missing God's best for his life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Tidmarsh teach Jim and the other new missionaries?

2. Besides being drafted, what other dilemma does Jim struggle with?

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

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

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

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