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

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

3. What literary genre is Shadow of the Almighty?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Biography.
(d) Poetry.

4. What happens to Jim Elliot when Dick Fisher's gun accidentally discharges?
(a) Jim uses his Bible to deflect the bullet.
(b) Jim narrowly misses being killed.
(c) The bullet grazes Jim's leg.
(d) The bullet pierces Jim's Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jim want to speak to Bert who has left town on business?

5. What does Jim begin to think about taking college classes at Wheaten College?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the struggles and flaws Jim experiences in this chapter, The Realized Will?

3. Why does Jim rebuke the world's fascination with Einstein's new theory of gravitation?

4. What does Jim conclude while attending the 1948 International Student Missionary Convention at the University of Illinois?

5. What does Jim learn about his judgment for others by his senior year in college?

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

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

8. What are some of the activities Jim, Dave Howard, Verd Holsteen and Roger Lewis do while traveling for the Foreign Missions Fellowship in 1948?

9. Describe the event when the male Aucan and two women greet the five missionaries on Curaray River.

10. What role does prayer lead in Jim's daily schedule?

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