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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. How does Dave feel about what Nicky tells him?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Astounded and excited.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Sad.

2. What did Dave not want the recruits to use?
(a) Shame.
(b) Pressure.
(c) Fear.
(d) Rehearsed answers.

3. How does Wilkerson research the means of staying off drugs?
(a) By asking successfully recovering addicts.
(b) By asking cops.
(c) By talking to a drug rehab counselor.
(d) By reading the DSM2.

4. Where does Dave invite Nicky to speak?
(a) The Shriner's auditorium.
(b) At his church in Pennsylvania.
(c) The youth center.
(d) A suburban church.

5. What did Dave tell the recruits to communicate?
(a) Why the gangs needed the center.
(b) Why the gangs were bad for you.
(c) How to live right.
(d) The truth of their faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What turns a user into a dealer?

2. What did Dave teach the young recruits first?

3. Who pointed out the ornamentation on the fireplace?

4. What did Dave finally decide to purchase?

5. What is the reason that Dave says everything fell into place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Linda Meisner do at the Center? How did she handle the dangers of her job?

2. What do the recovering addicts at the center tell Dave when he asks why they are successful? What does Dave think about their answer?

3. What does the author say about how Nicky's speech is received and what happens after it?

4. What does he tell a Catholic priest about Pentecost?

5. What does Dave describe as his first step in training the young people that would work with him? Do you think Dave had enough experience to be teaching them?

6. What methods does Dave say the board used to purchase the building? What do you think he means by "hard-nosed" business sense?

7. Give a brief synopsis on how the author sees the manner in which drug addiction comes about. Do you think this seems reasonable?

8. What was the process Dave had to go through in order to have the Teen Challenge Center ready for Business?

9. What were the first stages of his New York ministry, called and what did he do primarily in it?

10. In Chapter 11 what is the author contemplating? What does he do to help him in his decision?

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