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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Don's mother the first time she saw him in ICU?
(a) She slipped on water and fell.
(b) She sobbed.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She screamed.

2. How many days did Don spend in the hospital?
(a) 46.
(b) 30.
(c) 105.
(d) 233.

3. What does Don tell Chad?
(a) He might not fully recover.
(b) He will be fine eventually.
(c) He should come to church.
(d) He should buck up and act better.

4. What does Don listen to on the cassette player Eva brought him?
(a) Old sermons of his.
(b) Inspirational music.
(c) A comedy show.
(d) The news.

5. Why does Don feel badly about his children?
(a) They have to be quiet when he's sleeping.
(b) They don't get enough attention from Eva.
(c) They have to deal with a difficult situation.
(d) He can't play with them.

6. What did Don believe he felt when he came to singing?
(a) Dick holding his hand.
(b) A warm, glowing light shining on him.
(c) His grandfather's hug.
(d) The semi-truck hitting him again.

7. What is one of Don's main questions of the medical staff?
(a) When he can go home.
(b) When does physical therapy start.
(c) When he can have visitors.
(d) When the Iliazrov Frame comes off.

8. What does Don wish someone had given him when he was recovering?
(a) Tough love.
(b) Peace.
(c) A good back scratcher.
(d) Knowledge of the entire procedure.

9. Who almost loses his leg when his motorcycle crashes?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A young teenager.
(c) A fireman.
(d) A member of Don's church.

10. What does Don think the staff expects of him when he leaves?
(a) He will walk back in to visit.
(b) He will never come back.
(c) He is supposed to hug them.
(d) He will need more surgeries.

11. What does Don tell Brad about how he felt when recovering?
(a) He was happy to be alive.
(b) He was angry.
(c) He was frustrated with the doctors' pessimism.
(d) He was indifferent to life.

12. What did Don see when he was leaning against the wall to catch his breath after going to the balcony in the arena?
(a) The doctor who operated on him.
(b) A young boy in a wheelchair.
(c) His wife and children.
(d) The entire youth group standing up.

13. What did Eva have to hold her tongue sometimes with Don?
(a) So she wouldn't be sarcastic.
(b) To not scream at him.
(c) So she wouldn't patronize him.
(d) To not tell him what he didn't want to know.

14. What happened to Sue Fayle's husband?
(a) He died of cancer.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He divorced her.
(d) He was killed in a car wreck.

15. To whom does Don first tell the entire story?
(a) David Gentiles.
(b) Eva.
(c) His pastor.
(d) His church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did Don's son, Joe, decide to buy?

2. What does Don do on a ski trip with the church?

3. What does one study claim is the reason for near death experiences?

4. How does Don describe Joyce, Eva's sister-in-law?

5. Who does he call who is in an Iliazrov Frame after the television show?

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