George Muller: Chapter 1 Questions

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1 George Muller: Chapter 1 Questions 1) What does gullible mean? Use the word in a sentence. 2) What promise did George make to himself after his father caught him stealing? 3) Why did the policeman laugh when he told George, Your father has come to get you out, but I wouldn t say you re free? 4) Why do you think George stole things?

2 George Muller: Chapter 2 Questions 1) What does divinity mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) Why did George and Beta forge their fathers signatures? 3) Why was George reluctant to become Beta s friend when he saw him again? 4) George offered to keep track of all the expenses for the trip to Switzerland. Do you think the scheme came to him later on? Explain your answer.

3 George Muller: Chapter 3 Questions 1) What is a harpsichord? Use this word in a sentence. 2) What surprised George about the manner in which Herr Kayser prayed? 3) What did George mean when he said, I cannot guarantee that I can pay you back in kind or in a good reputation? 4) Why do you think George said that he had never had a more enjoyable evening than the one he spent at the prayer meeting?

4 George Muller: Chapter 4 Questions 1) What does fretted mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) Why did Dr. Tholuck and Dr. Hodge go to George s room? 3) What lesson about preaching a good sermon did George learn in this chapter? 4) What do you think impressed George most about Dr. Franke s orphanage?

5 George Muller: Chapter 5 Questions 1) What is an exemption? Use this word in a sentence. 2) How did Henry Craik know Anthony Groves? 3) Why did the doctor look apologetic when he told George that he was not well enough to enter the army? 4) What effect do you think hearing about Dr. Groves had on George?

6 George Muller: Chapter 6 Questions 1) What are baubles? Use this word in a sentence. 2) Where and when were George and Mary married? 3) Why didn t George take money for the sermons he gave, even though he needed money? 4) George sold everything that he and Mary owned in order to further his missionary work. Do you think this was a difficult step for him and Mary to take? Explain.

7 George Muller: Chapter 7 Questions 1) What does hysterical mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) What illness spread throughout Bristol in June 1832? 3) Why was Mary worried about George when he was tending to the sick? 4) Why do you think George was so affected by Emily and her little brother?

8 George Muller: Chapter 8 Questions 1) What does convalesced mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) What name did George give to the organization that he founded? 3) What did George realize about his students after he heard what happened to Freddie? 4) What do you think of the statement: The success of the organization would be judged not by how much money it raised but rather by how it spent what it had?

9 George Muller: Chapter 9 Questions 1) What are deformities? Use this word in a sentence. 2) What did the letter George received from the couple say? 3) What did the woman mean when she said, If you can have faith for those thirty girls, I can have faith for myself? 4) George needed a lot of money to help children, yet he tried to persuade the spinster to take her donation back. What do we learn about George s character from this incident?

10 George Muller: Chapter 10 Questions 1) What does unruffled mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) When did the orphanage at number one Wilson Street open? 3) How did George feel about even the smallest donations? 4) George said that the hardest thing about running the orphanage was having to turn away needy children. Why do you think this was so difficult for him?

11 George Muller: Chapter 11 Questions 1) What are ailments? Use this word in a sentence. 2) What two reasons did George have for taking the trip to Prussia? 3) How did George insult Mrs. Brightman? 4) Why do you think George and his father got along much better when he went back to Prussia to visit?

12 George Muller: Chapter 12 Questions 1) What does admonition mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) What was the final piece per acre for the land on Ashley Down? 3) How did George come to a decision about opening a new orphanage? 4) Do you think the residents of Wilson Street had a valid complaint? Why or why not?

13 George Muller: Chapter 13 Questions 1) What does flank mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) Which famous author came to visit Ashley Down? 3) What was the disadvantage of the publicity that Ashley Down received? 4) Why do you think the workers were so willing to work all night?

14 George Muller: Chapter 14 Questions 1) What does thunderous mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) On the morning the orphanage ran out of food, what arrived just in time for the children s breakfast? 3) Why did Abigail end her prayers with like you do for George Muller? 4) How do you think orphans such as William felt when they were first brought to Ashley Down? How do you think their feelings changed over time?

15 George Muller: Chapter 15 Questions 1) What does invigorated mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) Who helped George with running the orphanage after Mary died? 3) What about George s work with the orphans and his relationship with God seemed to most interest the people he met on his travels? 4) Why do you think George enjoyed traveling and preaching so much?

16 George Muller: Chapter 16 Questions 1) What does desolate mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) How many orphans did George take responsibility for in sixty-three years? 3) What did Queen Victoria s Diamond Jubilee make George realize? 4) What do you think George was most proud of as he looked back over all the years of running the orphanages?

17 George Muller: Chapter 17 Questions 1) What does graciously mean? Use this word in a sentence. 2) When did the last orphan leave Ashley Down? 3) Why did the number of orphans at Ashley Down decrease in the 1900s? 4) Do you think George would have been happy with the way the work changed after his death? Explain your answer.