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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 was the prevailing attitude towards Christianity in China when Brother Yen was a boy?

2. When Deling was young, what disease affected her mother?

3. Why did Deling's mother choose Yun for her daughter to marry?

4. How did Yun get over the wall?

5. What did the family believe was causing the cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, what did he mean when Yun yelled to his followers that he wasn't "a Judas"?

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

3. What incident ignited officer Zhang's family to believe in Jesus?

4. How did Yun believe God protected him when he was found after sleeping in a cornfield?

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

6. How did Yun eventually come to own a Bible?

7. In Chapter Seven, Yun experienced a reaction from the Christians in Hubei Province that was different than what he was used to. Explain what happened there.

8. How did Yun begin his study of the Bible?

9. Who was it that eventually intervened for Yun in prison to make his life more bearable? What was his connection to the Christians?

10. How did Deling show her faithfulness to Yun when she was encouraged by some to divorce him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What about Christianity do you think was such a threat to China (and other nations)? Did the violence towards Christians seem to be in balance for the "crimes" committed? Where do you think this intolerance toward Christianity comes from?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Chinese Government's Three-Self Church. What were the "Three-Selfs"? Do you think the government has an ulterior motive in setting up this "church"? How did Brother Yun feel about it and what was his reaction to it? Did other Christians see it that way? Did other Christians join? Provide examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Deling's life while Yun was in prison. What was life like for her? Did she experience hardship? Cite three examples from the book of times when Deling experienced persecution of her own, and how she dealt with it.

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