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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 Don's story give the lady who was sobbing?

2. When a woman is dying in the hospital her daughter plays a tape for her. What was she listening to when she died?

3. What did Don do the night before he left the hospital?

4. What is the long prognosis for Don?

5. What did Charlie say he would do if he was ever diagnosed with cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprised Eva most about Don in the months after the accident and what did she do about it? How does she view Don?

2. What does Don need when he returns home and how are those needs met?

3. Who does Don meet at the arena in Houston? What happens when he meets him?

4. What does Don ask of his three children and how do they respond?

5. What do a couple of the studies on near death experiences say and what is Don's answer to them?

6. What did Don do instead of watching more television and what was the end result?

7. How does Don deal with telling his story now?

8. Why has Don agreed to see a local police officer?

9. How is Don's emotional health by Chapter Ten?

10. Who begins crying when Don is speaking at a church and why? What did she tell Don?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Don struggles to process what has happened to him, various people point out that Don must open himself up if he is going to survive. Don must accept the help of others, learn to share his story and adjust to a new way of living his life.

1. Discuss why it might be necessary for Don to open himself up to survive. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think everyone needs to learn to accept help from others? Why or why not?

3. What are some of the ways you've seen in the book that Don is adjusting to a new way of life?

Essay Topic 2

All the odds seem to be against Don. The positive aspect of Don's return to life is almost overshadowed by a series of negative events.

1. Would you agree that the odds seemed to be against Don? Why or why not?

2. If a man was dead and came back to life, would you consider that a negative event? Why or why not?

3. Discuss the positive and negative events that occurred in Don's life the day of the accident.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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