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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Degree of A.U.G..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim fear more than being expelled from the public speaking club?
(a) Incorrectly quoting scripture.
(b) Making a political speech.
(c) Leaving Gospel Hall.
(d) Going to the school dance.

2. Whose teaching convinces Fred Elliot to "recognize that life is worth living only if given over completely to God?"
(a) Henry Varley.
(b) Billy Sunday.
(c) Harry Ironside.
(d) Donald Munro.

3. What does Fred Elliot do in his young adult years?
(a) Goes back to school.
(b) Travels with the preacher Harry Ironside.
(c) Opens a successful carpentry business.
(d) Begins preaching at a Presbyterian kirk.

4. What literary genre is Shadow of the Almighty?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Autobiography.
(c) Biography.
(d) Fiction.

5. What principles does Fred Elliot emphasize to his children aside from reading the scriptures to them daily and teaching them to pray?
(a) Stick together as a family in prosperous and difficult times.
(b) Register with your home church.
(c) Always avoid church legalisms or a list of "don'ts".
(d) Spend one year travelling with a preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Jim's parents upset that he turns down the opportunity to be a business manager?

2. What three things does Jim tell his parents his education is steeped in?

3. What country does Emil Luginbuhl emigrate from upon arriving in the U.S.?

4. Where do Jim Elliot's Scottish ancestors settle in the New World?

5. How does Jim improve his Spanish speaking skills during the summer of his sophomore year?

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