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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 does Dick decide to do when they see the accident?

2. Why is Don taken from his room several times a week?

3. Why can't Don get any sleep in ICU?

4. What did the EMTs do after tending to the other victims?

5. What does Don say angel wings sound like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hit Don and what happened to his car?

2. What does Don hear as he draws closer to the gate?

3. Who are some of the people Don sees in heaven?

4. What happens six days after Don's accident and what are Eva's and David Gentiles' response? What do the doctors discover?

5. What are some of the coincidences that occurred around Don's accident that help him survive?

6. Who does Don meet in the hospital that helps him and how do they meet?

7. What happens to Don on a daily or basis that leaves him in pain and exhausted?

8. What does Don see when he first arrives in heaven?

9. How is Don feeling in the hospital and who tries to help him?

10. What are the first injuries Don has that they fix immediately at the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What God's purpose is for Don is difficult to discern as he lies in a depressive fog confined to a hospital bed. As much as Don wants to believe that God has brought him back to earth for a reason, he struggles to find understanding.

1. Do you think Don's reaction to the accident would be considered normal? Explain your reasoning.

2. After experiencing heaven, does it seem strange that Don would be depressed and wanting understanding? Why or why not?

3. Do you believe Don has been returned to life for a reason? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

As Don describes heaven, the reader relaxes and time comes to a standstill. The reader begins to wonder about who will comprise his own heavenly welcoming committee.

1. Explain why you agree or disagree with the above statement.

2. Many people have claimed to have died and report many different scenarios. Why do you think this might be?

3. Describe what you would like to see and who you would like to see if you had been in Don's place.

Essay Topic 3

Don still struggles with the question of why? He questions why he was in the accident, why he was allowed to glimpse heaven and why he had to come back; in short, he questions everything. Don has no answers to any of his questions. His lack of answers makes writing his story extremely difficult.

1. Why do you think Don still struggles with the why of his whole ordeal? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Don might have been allowed to glimpse heaven and then come back? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Don's lack of answers make writing his story difficult?

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