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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hand is on the Plough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country does Emil Luginbuhl emigrate from upon arriving in the U.S.?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Austria.
(d) Denmark.

2. What does Jim tell Elisabeth in his letter to her that God has meant him to do?
(a) God wants both of them to see other people.
(b) God wants him to return to his family.
(c) God wants him to leave the Student Missionary Convention.
(d) God wants him to start his missionary work single rather than married.

3. What is Jim's preeminent goal when he enters Wheaten College?
(a) To graduate with a degree in ministry.
(b) To stay wholly committed to God.
(c) To sacrifice extracurricular activities that interfere with his studies.
(d) To enter the foreign missionary.

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

5. Why doesn't Jim want to spend several weeks away from his family with his friends Dick Fisher and Dutch?
(a) He needs to help his ailing mother.
(b) He needs to help his father's carpentry business.
(c) He has responsibilities at Gospel Hall.
(d) He needs to help his brother's garbage business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim's renewed mind regarding others' behavior foreshadow?

2. What does Jim learn when he returns from Mexico?

3. Why does Jim decline a ticket to the school dance?

4. Who ends up accompanying Jim to Ecuador?

5. What does Jim tell Elisabeth to do instead of rejecting the notion that she travel to Ecuador?

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