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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's prayer in his journal foreshadow?
(a) He will be an agent of change whether God wills it or not.
(b) He has now achieved his approved unto God degree.
(c) He will either live or die in the name of the Lord.
(d) He will be the fork in the road testing people on their true beliefs.

2. 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.

3. What does Jim warn Elisabeth before he lets her read his journal?
(a) It is a devotional for his future children.
(b) It is a book of remembrance.
(c) It contains passages which may make her upset.
(d) It has very few references to her.

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

5. What do Jim and Pete learn when taking a a survey trip by airplane to the Oriente?
(a) No one knows how many people have been killed by the Aucans.
(b) Oriente was once a volcanic range.
(c) The Quichuas do not mix with the Aucans.
(d) The Aucas are an uncivilized, savage tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim do to improve his Spanish skills?

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

3. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?

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

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

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