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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first joins Dave in prayer during his street preaching?
(a) Two gang members.
(b) Maria.
(c) Two parents of gang members.
(d) A police officer.

2. Who did Dave tell of his idea to help the teenagers?
(a) His boss.
(b) His church.
(c) The police.
(d) A lawyer.

3. Who does Dave arrange for new Christians to see?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) Ministers in the area.
(c) The police to confess any crimes.
(d) A factory owner about a job.

4. Who does Dave visit on his way back to his home after his first visit to New York?
(a) His parents.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His seminary.

5. To what does Dave's grandfather compare Dave's mission in New York?
(a) Perseverance through faith.
(b) Catching a fish and releasing it.
(c) The incident with the snake.
(d) Healing by prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dave do at the end of the trial's first morning?

2. Why do members of the Rebel gang decide Dave is okay?

3. For what had the teenagers been arrested?

4. What does Dave's grandfather tell him about New York?

5. Who was healed through prayer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did he tell his congregation and how did they respond? Do you think this was the reaction most congregations would have?

2. What is the first part of Chapter 5 mostly about? What are the two likely ways that Dave could have ended up with a grandfather like that?

3. What does the author describe at the beginning of the book and what does he feel he should do? Do you think he seemed ignorant about the circumstances?

4. How does his attempts to find the parents go at first and what gives him his first break through? Do you think him "stumbling" onto the front door of the father is an amazing coincidence?

5. Who does Dave visit on his way home and what is he told? Do you think it was good for Dave to hear?

6. How will Dave be able to fund a rally? Explain why someone of faith might say this is a case of "God will provide."

7. How did Dave feel about leaving his home and why did he decide, finally to do it? How do you think he saw his decision process?

8. What idea is formed after Dave talks to Ortez's congregation? Do you think it was a good idea?

9. What did Dave decide he needed to do when he arrived in New York? Does this appear to be a wise decision?

10. What did Dave do shortly after he arrived back in New York? Do you think the gang members would have talked to him if he hadn't been thrown out of the courthouse?

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