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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 does Jim admit is an easier way of life than the one he has been chosen by God?

2. What thoughts torment Jim on his flight back to Shandia?

3. What is Jim struggling to contain once he and Ed McCully reach Chester, Illinois?

4. What doubts go through Elisabeth's mind as Jim prepares to meet the Aucas?

5. Where does Jim believe "goods" are stored?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the situations that require Jim to use his medical training?

2. What amazes Elisabeth about the Indians attending Jim's sermons?

3. Give an example of how this chapter, Impelled by These Voices, exemplifies the theme that God is in control.

4. What are some of the everyday situations aboard Santa Juana that emphasize God's abundant blessings for Jim?

5. What do Jim and Elisabeth concur about modern weddings?

6. What happens when Elisabeth is believed to have contracted tuberculosis?

7. Why does Elisabeth experience doubt upon the news of the Aucan spotting?

8. What does Jim realize upon teaching and learning language with the locals?

9. How does Jim handle his rebelliousness with God in this chapter, Hemmed in to Nothing?

10. What events point to the idea that Jim's eventual mission is coming to fruition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 author notes that the Lord finds it necessary sometimes to narrow one's vision until it is clearly focused. Explain situations in which Jim narrowly focuses his vision while a youth, college student, and adult. Cite some examples from the book demonstrating how Jim's narrow vision broadens. Is this vision broadening a positive or negative influence for Jim?

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