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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jim send an application for employment as a substitute teacher?
(a) Goodwill Industries.
(b) Assembly hall.
(c) A local Christian school.
(d) A boys' detention center.

2. Why does Jim set an alarm before attending classes?
(a) This is his time to write letters to his family.
(b) He wants to make sure he doesn't oversleep for classes.
(c) This is the time for wrestling practice.
(d) This is his time to pray and read the Bible.

3. Where do the Elliot and MacAliister families meet?
(a) Anglican church.
(b) Presbyterian kirk.
(c) Lutheran kirk.
(d) Baptist church.

4. Why are Jim's parents upset that he turns down the opportunity to be a business manager?
(a) The position offers free tuition for a year and six grade points.
(b) The position is a paid cooperative education.
(c) The position leads to an internship after college.
(d) The position would be a plus on his resume.

5. Why does Fred Elliot quit school and become an avid reader?
(a) His father forces him to work in carpentry.
(b) His mother undergoes a difficult pregnancy.
(c) His mother develops asthma.
(d) His father dies unexpectedly.

6. What does Jim Elliot make clear to his peers although he is not drafted?
(a) He would willingly be drafted.
(b) He would only enter the armed forces as an officer.
(c) He would never serve in the Navy.
(d) He would take a conscientious objector stance.

7. What age does Jim Elliot tell his mother, Clara, that he has been saved by Jesus?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

8. What two central themes in the book override all other relationships?
(a) Honor and tradition.
(b) Truth and love.
(c) Love and commitment.
(d) Peace and prosperity.

9. What particular hobbies of Jim Elliot prepare his for life in the jungle?
(a) Cooking and cleaning.
(b) Archery and cross-bowing.
(c) Hunting and camping.
(d) Carpentry and woodworking.

10. What is the problem Jim finds with attendees at the Missionary Convention?
(a) There are not enough attendees.
(b) There is too much paperwork.
(c) They do not have enough time to complete their goals.
(d) They lack zeal and action.

11. What missionaries does Jim maintain correspondence with?
(a) Omar Khayyam and John Masefield.
(b) Van Ryn and Broadbent.
(c) Hudson Taylor and J.G. Paton.
(d) Wilfred Tidmarsch and Rowland Hill.

12. What two boys help Bert with his garbage business?
(a) Fred and Jim.
(b) Jim and Dutch.
(c) Dick and Dutch.
(d) Jim and Dick.

13. What biblical quote is the mantra with which Jim Elliott lives and breathes?
(a) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord.
(b) Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.
(c) Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
(d) He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

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

15. What three things does Jim tell his parents his education is steeped in?
(a) Political science, history and humanities.
(b) Ministry, social science and philosophy.
(c) Culture, music and art.
(d) Philosophy, culture, and politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hudson Taylor's book confuse Jim Elliot?

2. Why does Jim take his exams early?

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

4. What time does the missionary pilot tell his wife that he will communicate with her again?

5. What does Jim Elliot bring to school in his backpack with his school books?

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