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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 Deling's first reaction when she saw Yun in prison?

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

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

4. Yun was first arrested when he did what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After a severe beating, how did Yun believe God sustained him while in Nanyang prison?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 2, Deling described her own childhood, including her own healing. What did she say God had done in her life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Christians are admonished in Romans 13:1 to submit to the governing authorities because God instituted all authorities that exist. How then, do you think Yun could justify his behavior against the government? Cite three examples from the book which explain times when Yun directly defied his government. Is it right to break man's law (the laws of a government)?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Yun's observations of the Chinese church compared to the Western church. Provide three examples from the book which characterize Yun's opinions. Why were there such marked differences?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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