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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. When is Don able to sleep?

2. What is the weather like the day of Don's accident?

3. What does Don finally realize he's been doing with people?

4. What was the vehicle that hit Don's car carrying?

5. What kind of emotion does Don continue to have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Don feel about being in heaven?

4. What do the EMTs do when they arrive at the accident site and then when they've seen all the victims?

5. What is Don thinking about a few days after the accident and the events surrounding it?

6. Where does Don go after his first surgeries?

7. How do the people around Don appear?

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

9. Why does Eva decide to limit the number of visitors Don sees a day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Don knows that people are to be compassionate and empathetic to others, but until he has his accident, he does not truly understand how to exhibit these behaviors. For Don, the process of healing is much more than learning to walk again.

1. Do you believe that people are to be compassionate and empathetic to others? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Don learned how to be compassionate as the result of his accident?

3. What do you think the second sentence above means? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Despite the large number of visitors who come to see Don in the hospital, he refuses to let anyone do anything for him. One day, Jay Perkins stops by to visit Don. Jay is a retired minister filling in for Don. Jay notices that Don never asks for help and challenges him to open up to the people who care about him. Jay tells Don that people are trying to love him in the only way they know how, but Don will not let them.

1. How would the above statement relate to the cliche, "No man is an island?"

2. Why do you think Don is refusing help from anyone? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. People in general seem to believe that doing something for someone they love is showing their love. Do you think this is true? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Don has lost all control over his life and must lie helplessly while others try to help him. Despair seems the only available emotion at this stage.

1. Do you think Don's loss of control and how he feels about it is unusual for people in his situation? Why or why not?

2. Explain how you think you would feel and react if you were in Don's situation.

3. Why do you think someone might despair after having come back from the dead? Explain your answer.

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