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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 happens to Jim when he travels with the Foreign Missions group?

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

3. What name does Jim call Elisabeth?

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

5. How many missionaries wait with Jim Elliot to see if George returns from the jungle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What characteristics of Jim are not typical of a Bible school student?

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

4. What is the significance of Jim and Elisabeth both majoring in Greek?

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

6. What is the significance of Jim turning down the offer to act as the business manager of the Tower?

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

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

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

10. What is the advantage of Jim's unemployment between doing odd jobs and applying for a substitute teaching position?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wheaton College is a four-year liberal arts interdenominational college. Although the college has changed since 1945 when Jim Elliot attended, what characteristics do you think encourage Jim to attend Wheaton College? Why do you think Jim chooses a religious interdenominational college versus a public institution? How does this religious education round out Jim's personality?

Essay Topic 2

Fred Eliot, Jim's father, has to leave school as a young man to help with household duties due to an ill parent. For an individual with a strong mind, how does this childhood experience shape his personality? How does this experience shape Fred when raising his own children? Cite examples from the book to support your character analysis.

Essay Topic 3

The Cascade Range, extending north and south, divides Oregon into distinct eastern and western regions, each of which contains a great variety of landforms. There is a relatively low mountain system on the western edge of the state. The two-thirds of the state lying east of the Cascade Range consists generally of arid plateaus cut by river canyons, with rolling hills in the north-central portion giving way to the Blue Mountains in the northeast. Fault-block ridges, weathered buttes, and remnants of large prehistoric lakes characterize the Great Basin in the southeast. How does this geographic wonderland prepare Jim for his missionary endeavors? What lessons from nature does Jim learn which are useful for Jim in the Ecuadorian jungle? What lessons can one learn from respecting and participating in outdoor activities?

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