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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?

2. What age does Jim Elliot tell his mother, Clara, that he has been saved by Jesus?

3. Why does Jim feel intimidated and ill-prepared in his first job?

4. What time does the missionary pilot tell his wife that he will communicate with her again?

5. Why does Jim decline a ticket to the school dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Indians curious about the white men?

2. Describe the events leading to the marriage of Fred Elliot and Clara Luginbuhl.

3. What does Jim learn while working side-by-side with his father the summer after his college graduation?

4. What are some examples of Jim living the verse, "Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might?"

5. What is the significance of Jim allowing Elisabeth to read his journal?

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

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

8. Describe the events surrounding the use of guns among boyhood friends Jim, Dutch, and Dick.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Obedience, honesty, and hospitality are family values Fred and Clara Eliot teach their children. The couple considers too much money a curse. What events, individuals, or experiences shaped Fred and Clara's child-raising attitudes? Cite examples of situations that reflect the children following obedience, honesty, and hospitality.

Essay Topic 2

Prior to their final meeting with the Aucans, the five missionaries sang together as they so often did, "We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender. We go not forth alone against the foe." The author uses a literary comparison between the missionaries and soldiers fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Compare and contrast the battle fought by the missionaries and the Gettysburg soldiers. What are similar traits or characteristics by both groups? What are different traits or characteristics of both groups?

Essay Topic 3

Some consider Jim Elliot's views on war, law, theology, and philosophy to be iconistic. What is your definition of iconistic? What does this term mean? Cite examples from the book demonstrating Jim's iconistic viewpoint on war, theology, law, and philosophy.

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