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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the principle characteristic bringing together the unlikely match of Jim Elliot and Elisabeth Howard?
(a) The way they speak to each other during long absences.
(b) Their attractive looks.
(c) Their unwavering devotion to Christ.
(d) Their easygoing demeanor.

2. Why is Jim anxious to travel to South America to learn the native language now rather than later?
(a) He believes another missionary will take his place.
(b) He fears he is losing the Spanish he learned while in Mexico.
(c) He believes he may be transferred to a different mission in North America if he waits.
(d) He fears the older you get the harder it is to learn new things.

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

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

5. What activity does Jim Elliot limit besides maintaining a devotion to prayer?
(a) Going to political rallies.
(b) Eating foods like desserts and starches.
(c) Participating in wrestling.
(d) Staying up late hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim go with his friend Ron Harris during the summer of his sophomore year?

2. What biblical quote is the mantra with which Jim Elliott lives and breathes?

3. Where do the Elliot and MacAliister families meet?

4. What is the problem Jim finds with attendees at the Missionary Convention?

5. What does Jim believe is a better way to spend his time preparing for field work other than reading books?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Jim sending off his newly married brother and sister-in-law on their honeymoon?

2. What events influence Fred Elliot's conversion to God?

3. What is special about Elisabeth's visit to Jim the second week into the fall semester?

4. What happens when Jim counsels a fellow student disenfranchised with Christianity?

5. What does Jim note is the problem with Americans that missionaries write about?

6. What is the significance of Jim's comment to Elisabeth that she "bargained for a cross?"

7. How does Bert and Colleen's departure for mission field work in Peru influence Jim?

8. What happens when Jim is invited home with Dave Howard during Christmas,1945?

9. What are the weaknesses Jim sees while working for the Foreign Missions Fellowship?

10. What does Jim realize by the middle of his freshmen year at Wheaton College?

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