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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 two boys help Bert with his garbage business?

2. What does Jim learn when he returns from Mexico?

3. What two central themes in the book override all other relationships?

4. What are one of his goals is as Jim becomes more involved in group activities during his senior year?

5. Why does Jim become dissatisfied in the Foreign Service Fellowship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jim watch his diet and exercise?

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

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

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

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

6. What are some of the gifts the missionaries give the Aucans?

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

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

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

10. What are some of the tenets Fred and Clara Elliot raise their children to believe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The primary purpose of missionary effort is to plant Christian churches in remote, indigenous areas. The specific missionary goal is to help these emerging churches become self-propagating, self-governing, and self-supporting. In your opinion, does Jim Elliot succeed in this missionary goal? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Jim and his four missionary counterparts are part of the Plymouth Brethern. Research background on the Plymouth Brethern and answer the following questions:

1) How is the organization formed?

2) What is the organization's mission or purpose?

3) What is the status of the organization? Is it in existence today?

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