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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 do gang members think they will lose if they leave their home turf?

2. What does the judge decide not to do?

3. What does Dave tell the teenagers at Grand Gangsters Incorporated?

4. What does Dave eventually receive when back at home?

5. Why was Dave uneasy about New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What did Dave's grandfather say about Dave's mission and what do you think his grandfather meant?

5. What happened when Dave left the courthouse? Why do you think Dave felt the way he did?

6. How did Dave feel on his journey to New York and what did he fear? Was his fear appropriate?

7. 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?

8. What was Dave trying to do at the beginning of Chapter 4 and why? Do you think he was being unrealistic?

9. What does a mother of a Dragon Gang member tell Dave? Do you think the move on the family's part is unusual?

10. What happens when Dave returns to the jail with his signatures? What would you think the chaplain's motivation might be besides what he said?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, David Wilkerson takes much effort and time to gain the permission of the parents of the gang so David could visit them in prison. The chaplain at the prison feels it would be too confusing for them to meet with another spiritual adviser, so Wilkerson is denied the opportunity to visit with the young men. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think is the motivation for the chaplain's denial to Wilkerson?

2. Do you believe the chaplain sincerely has the young men's best interest at heart? Why or why not?

3. How do you think Wilkerson's visiting the young men would confuse them?

Essay Topic 2

When Wilkerson is planning a mass rally to evangelize gangs, he learns gang members were reluctant to attend and was surprised to discover that they all somehow discovered that becoming engaged with the Holy Spirit would make them cry and the gang members were afraid of appearing vulnerable. Discuss the following:

1. What would it be hard for a gang member to seem vulnerable?

2. Do you think the female gang members were as reluctant to appear in public crying as the male gang members? Why or why not.

3. Why do you think people cry after a conversion experience? Do you think it happens when people convert to other religions?

4. What do you think crying does for someone who has just become a Christian?

Essay Topic 3

Another reason the gang members are resistant to going to a large rally is they are afraid of losing their power if they leave their home turf. Discuss the following:

1. What is a home turf? Who is one's "home turf" decided upon? How is one's home turf protected?

2. What do you think are the practical reasons for having a home turf as a gang?

3. What do you think are the psychological reasons for having a home turf as a gang?

4. Are gangs the only ones to practice the concept of a home turf? Discuss

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