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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 age does Fred Elliot become a Christian?

2. How many children do John and Margaret Elliot have?

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

4. What are two struggles Jim is undergoing?

5. Where do Jim's brother, Bert, and his new wife leave for missionary work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Jim watch his diet and exercise?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the Preface, the author, Elisabeth Elliot, notes Jim and his fellow missionaries with whom he died are hailed as heroes, or "martyrs." Elisabeth Elliot believes Jim would not approve of being called a martyr. Why do you suppose he would not? What does Jim die believing in? What kind of life would Jim live if he were alive?

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

Research an article or book describing the lives of one of the murdered missionaries' families (Elliot, Saint, McCully, Fleming, and Youderian). What happened to the families after their loved ones death? Do these family members continue the work of the murdered missionaries? If not, what does the family members do? Cite examples when necessary.

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