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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 did Yun want to tell his captors?

2. What happened when Christians prayed for Sister Zhi's boy?

3. Where did Sister Zhi's husband work?

4. What caused Yun's family to become destitute and beg for food?

5. Deling had what disease as a girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1983, many church leaders were arrested in what Yun called a "crime wave." How was Yun persecuted and humiliated following his arrest in Shangnan County?

2. In Chapter Eleven, both Deling and Yun's mother had the same vision on the same night. What was it?

3. Did Yun's constant beatings and sufferings in prison make his faith in God waver?

4. On the eve of his execution, Huang wrote a letter to his parents. What did it say, and how did he write it?

5. How did Deling's mother come to choose Yun as a husband for her daughter? What was she looking for?

6. Why were there no Bibles for Yun to read?

7. What happened when Yun and Deling went to apply for a marriage license?

8. Once in jail, the authorities bound Yun and left him in a room while they tried to determine his identity. How did Yun escape?

9. In Chapter Eight, how did Yun earn his nickname of "Heavenly Man"?

10. How were the traditions of choosing a marriage partner different in the Chinese culture than in Western cultures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was China's "One-Child Law"? Why do they have this law? Discuss the circumstances surrounding the reason for the law, and the inevitable horrific consequences for the Chinese people. How did this law effect Yun and Deling? Cite examples.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Twenty-Three, Yun escaped from prison. What was his life like on the run? Provide some specific examples from the book showing how Yun believed God miraculously intervened in his life to protect him and get him out of China.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the pros and cons of the influx of Christian aid from the West. What was beneficial about it? What about it was detrimental to the Chinese church? Do you think that the church was better off without it? Provide examples from the book to support your position.

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