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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 happened when Christians prayed for Sister Zhi's boy?
2. How old was Yun when first arrested?
3. What did the family believe was causing the cancer?
4. What comforted Yun as he continued to be persecuted?
5. What caused Deling's miscarriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Thirteen, Yun was placed in charge of a murderer named Huang, who continually tried to kill himself and hurt the guards. How did Yun react to him?
2. On the eve of his execution, Huang wrote a letter to his parents. What did it say, and how did he write it?
3. In Chapter 1, how did the illness and recovery of Yun's father affect Yun's life and the lives of his family and friends?
4. In Chapter Eleven, both Deling and Yun's mother had the same vision on the same night. What was it?
5. What incident ignited officer Zhang's family to believe in Jesus?
6. How did Deling's mother come to choose Yun as a husband for her daughter? What was she looking for?
7. What news did Deling bring to Yun when she visited him? What were her friends urging her to do?
8. What happened when Yun and Deling went to apply for a marriage license?
9. Why did Yun fear the government's Three-Self Church?
10. After a severe beating, how did Yun believe God sustained him while in Nanyang prison?
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
Yun noted that 1985 was "a powerful year" for Christianity in China. What did he mean by this? Discuss how the attitudes of some of his guards began to change, and note what you think might cause those changes. Was the attitude of the government changing as well? Discuss two different circumstances where Yun was shown that the intolerance towards Christianity might be waning.
Essay Topic 3
One of the basics rights in America is the freedom to worship in any religion we choose. Discuss how it struck you when you first read about the atrocities committed against Christians by the Chinese government. Did it seem fair? Do you think fear was an effective motivator against the spread of Christianity? Why did it work on some people and not on others? Cite examples from the book to support your position.
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