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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. How do the missionaries know that the Indians understand what they are saying?
(a) The Indians leave gifts for the missionaries.
(b) The Indians write messages on the beach.
(c) The Indians leave their lances at the edge of the jungle.
(d) The Indians send Dayuma as an emissary.

2. What does Jim do to improve his Spanish skills?
(a) Attends local events and public activities.
(b) Lives with a Quichuan family.
(c) Barter with local vendors at market.
(d) Substitute teach at the missionary school.

3. Who wants to visit Jim in Ecuador?
(a) His parents.
(b) Bert and his sister-in-law.
(c) His sister Jane.
(d) His brother Bob.

4. Why doesn't Jim return home at Christmas?
(a) He is anxious to see Elisabeth.
(b) He believes it is God's will to stay in Chester.
(c) He is still finishing painting the McCully home.
(d) He is expected to leave for Shandia.

5. What happens to Pete ushering the arrival of Ed McCully to the jungle?
(a) He contracts a snake bite.
(b) He contracts tuberculosis.
(c) He contracts jungle rot.
(d) He contracts malaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men work with Jim and Pete to build an airstrip?

2. Why does Jim delay proposing marriage to Elisabeth?

3. After ten days of prayer, what Bible verse speaks to Jim about God's role for him?

4. Where do Jim and Elisabeth set forth to build a new school?

5. What happens to Jim on his way from Oklahoma to Illinois?

Short Essay Questions

1. What amazes Elisabeth about the Indians attending Jim's sermons?

2. Where does Jim pray the Lord will place him in His service?

3. What does Jim mean when he tells Elisabeth the churches are "still hollow with reality?"

4. What is the significance of Ed McCully's letter letting Jim know that he is leaving school to become a full time emissary of Christ?

5. Why does Elisabeth experience doubt upon the news of the Aucan spotting?

6. What happens when Elisabeth is believed to have contracted tuberculosis?

7. What is the significance of the allegory of the chrysanthemums?

8. What seems to be a consistent problem Jim and the missionaries encounter?

9. What are some of the situations that require Jim to use his medical training?

10. What events characterize Jim and Elisabeth's first few months as newlyweds?

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