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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides being drafted, what other dilemma does Jim struggle with?
(a) His anxiety for passing his classes.
(b) His desire to see Elisabeth again.
(c) His desire to get to the mission field.
(d) His desire to join his brother, Bert, in Latin America.

2. Where do Jim Elliot's Scottish ancestors settle in the New World?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Saskatchewan.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Ontario.

3. Why does Jim tell his mother she shouldn't worry about his relationship with Elisabeth?
(a) They are both well-educated.
(b) They are both raised in similar family backgrounds.
(c) They are both committed to the Lord.
(d) They are both members of the same church.

4. Where does Jim go at the end of 1948?
(a) South American jungle.
(b) Oregon to visit his family.
(c) Mexico to visit Ron Harris' family.
(d) Student Missionary Convention at the University of Illinois.

5. What is the overall theme presented in the book?
(a) Exploring the language and culture of indigenous people.
(b) The missionary story of working in South America.
(c) One man's journey of Christian faith.
(d) The trials and tribulations of missionaries.

6. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?
(a) Bettina.
(b) Liz.
(c) Betty.
(d) Beth.

7. What are two struggles Jim is undergoing?
(a) Releasing earthy possessions and his love for Elisabeth.
(b) Understanding the truth of God's Word and man's lack of recognition to His truth.
(c) Leaving behind his family and his friends.
(d) Understanding how he will be the fork in the road and agent of change.

8. Why does Hudson Taylor's book confuse Jim Elliot?
(a) Jim wonders how any man can be consumed by a woman.
(b) Jim wonders how a man satisfied by God's grace can still yearn to be loved by a woman.
(c) Jim wonders how one man could establish 250 mission stations.
(d) Jim wonders how he can be an agent of change.

9. When Jim hitchhikes home from Illinois to Oregon, how long does it take him to wait for each ride?
(a) One half hour.
(b) No more than twenty minutes.
(c) No more than 15 minutes.
(d) Longer than what it would have taken to ride the train.

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

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

12. Why does Jim decline a ticket to the school dance?
(a) He does not have a date.
(b) He does not believe Christians should attend dances.
(c) He states as a Christian he is not to be "in the world" that way.
(d) He is wary of girls and their intentions.

13. 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.

14. How many missionaries wait with Jim Elliot to see if George returns from the jungle?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jim's brother, Bert, and his new wife leave for missionary work?

2. What gifts do the missionaries offer George and the Aucan women?

3. Whose teaching convinces Fred Elliot to "recognize that life is worth living only if given over completely to God?"

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

5. Whose diary does Jim begin to read the summer after he leaves Wheaten College?

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