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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do Jim's brother, Bert, and his new wife leave for missionary work?
(a) Belize.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Peru.

4. What age does Fred Elliot become a Christian?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fifteen.

5. What does Jim mean when he refers to his "wine of bewilderment?"
(a) He has many exciting possibilities of action for the Lord but not enough time to fulfill them.
(b) He is not sure whether to serve as a missionary in Ecuador or Peru.
(c) He struggles with the understanding that one can have a relationship with God and another human being.
(d) He does not understand why Christians are so ordinary and make no impact.

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

7. What fuels George's curiosity of the missionaries?
(a) Their food.
(b) Their airplane.
(c) Their clothing.
(d) Their medicine.

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

9. What theme runs central between conversations between Jim and his father while painting together?
(a) Nonconformity.
(b) Ministering in places far from home.
(c) Ministering to young fellows for God's work.
(d) Conservatism in the classroom.

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

11. What does Jim spend his lunch hour doing?
(a) Meeting with Dr. Book.
(b) Reading the Psalms.
(c) Attending the Student Missionary Convention.
(d) Lecturing incoming freshman.

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

13. 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 committed to the Lord.
(c) They are both members of the same church.
(d) They are both raised in similar family backgrounds.

14. What are one of his goals is as Jim becomes more involved in group activities during his senior year?
(a) He wants to enjoy many college activities before he graduates.
(b) He wants to learn how to live independently for his impending ministry.
(c) He wants to assume more leadership opportunities.
(d) He wants to minister to people in a variety of spiritual levels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim take his exams early?

2. Why does Fred Elliot quit school and become an avid reader?

3. What does Jim call the underclassmen to do besides "believing" in the Christian life?

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

5. What is the principle characteristic bringing together the unlikely match of Jim Elliot and Elisabeth Howard?

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