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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 Maria get off drugs?

2. What does Dave decide to do at the beginning of Chapter 14?

3. What did Dave find out shortly after his encounter with Nicky?

4. What did Dave's living quarters do for him?

5. What was Dave told would happen if he found a building?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who inspired Dave to find a place and what did she say would come? Who helped him find a place for the Teen Center and what did they find? Does the place sound like a good building?

4. What does Dave do after the priest and him talk?

5. What eventually happened to Maria?

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

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

9. 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?

10. What was one of the problems that happened occasionally at the center about meals? How was the problem often handled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grandpap recalls seeing a snake shed its skin, a moment he describes as an image of evil transforming into something beautiful. Discuss the following:

1. Do you believe that anyone who is evil can change?

2. How do people who are "bad" become "good"?

3. Is religion the most likely way one can change from being "evil" to "good"?

4. Do you know anyone who has changed drastically from evil to good? How did the person do it?

Essay Topic 2

Wilkerson's journey from that of a naive country preacher to a street-wise evangelist could be considered an archetypal journey. Discuss one of the following:

1. Define the term archetype and give examples of it from a few of your favorite books or movies.

2. Discuss the archetypal hero and relate it to Wilkerson's journey. Give detailed examples.

3. Why do you think archetypes exist? Do you think there are similar archetypes across all cultures? Explain fully.

Essay Topic 3

Wilkerson believes the street gangs are all acting out of a sense of deep loneliness and feeling unloved. Discuss the following:

1. Do you believe Wilkerson is correct about why the street gang members act out?

2. How do you think religion makes the gang members feel loved and not lonely?

3. What are some other ways that gangs can be reached if they reject the religious approach? Do you think those ways are as effective?

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