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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Elizabeth fear her correspondence might do to Jim?
(a) Turn Jim from God's purpose for him.
(b) Cause Jim to sink into a depression.
(c) Cause Jim to leave her for another woman.
(d) Irritate Jim from continuing correspondence with her.

3. How many children do John and Margaret Elliot have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eight.

4. At what point in Jim Elliot's life does the Prologue begin?
(a) His birth.
(b) His death.
(c) His college years.
(d) His marriage.

5. What does Jim reevaluate during his senior year in college?
(a) He evaluates the best way to serve the Lord.
(b) He institutes a new "code of don'ts."
(c) He evaluates how he views the behavior of others.
(d) He evaluates his relationship with Elisabeth.

6. What is the reason Jim tells his parents he will not be home for Christmas?
(a) He wants to attend the Student Missionary Convention.
(b) He intends to use the time to study and improve his grades.
(c) He plans to visit Elisabeth over the holidays.
(d) He plans to go to Gospel Hall.

7. Aside from his fervent belief in God, what other factor diminishes Jim's popularity with his peers?
(a) His departure from Gospel Hall.
(b) His failure to go to the school dance.
(c) His political speech.
(d) His views on the war.

8. Why does Jim choose Greek as his major?
(a) He thinks it will help him to translate the Bible into primitive tongues.
(b) None of the girls study Greek.
(c) Greek was the native language spoken in the time of Christ.
(d) Dr. Book requires all missionaries to study Greek.

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

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

11. Whose diary does Jim begin to read the summer after he leaves Wheaten College?
(a) David Brainerd.
(b) Harry Ironside.
(c) Omar Khayyam.
(d) John Masefield.

12. What is the first breakthrough in making contact with the natives?
(a) The building of the Puyupungu school.
(b) George stepping from the jungle with two Aucan females.
(c) George leading the missionaries into the jungle.
(d) George's willingness to ride in a plane.

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

14. What does Jim tell his parents he is seeking a degree in to explain his low grades?
(a) Associate of Arts.
(b) Bachelor of Science.
(c) Approved Unto God.
(d) Master of Divinity.

15. Where does Jim go with his friend Ron Harris during the summer of his sophomore year?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Nicaragua.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Ecuador.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim realize is the problem with ministering to all spiritual levels?

3. Why does Jim take his exams early?

4. What does Jim experience during a gospel team trip across the Midwest with Dave Howard, Roger Lewis, and Verd Holstein?

5. Why is Jim Elliot cautious about girls his age?

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