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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. How does Jim reason that God takes young and old into His Kingdom?
2. What is Jim struggling to contain once he and Ed McCully reach Chester, Illinois?
3. Besides his visa, what else is finally cleared prior to Jim leaving for Ecuador?
4. What do Jim and Lucas recite during Holy Week?
5. What does Jim decide will be his number one goal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What amazes Elisabeth about the Indians attending Jim's sermons?
2. What happens when Jim prays that God will give him some signal for his departure?
3. What is the significance of the allegory of the chrysanthemums?
4. What events characterize Jim and Elisabeth's first few months as newlyweds?
5. What is Jim's strength as he undergoes the 10 week linguistics program at the University of Oklahoma?
6. What seems to be a consistent problem Jim and the missionaries encounter?
7. What is meant by Jim's statement to Elisabeth, "It may be that he hasn't planned to make us wait for years, but it certainly looks like it from here."?
8. Where does Jim pray the Lord will place him in His service?
9. 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?
10. Why does Elisabeth experience doubt upon the news of the Aucan spotting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Perhaps more than any other human grouping, the Indian tribe known to its neighbors as the Aucans (the word means "naked savage") exemplifies raw humanity in its unredeemed state. Aside from curiosity of seeing an airplane, why does the three Aucan Indians step out of the jungle to see the missionaries? What do you believed happened when the three Aucans returned to their tribe in the jungle? Why do the Aucans distrust the Indians?
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