View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nicole call to tell her father several months after he was at her school?

2. What does Don tell Chad?

3. What does Don's story give the lady who was sobbing?

4. How does Don feel about his life now?

5. How do people react to Don's story when he's telling it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don say at Joyce's memorial service?

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

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

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

5. What does a woman who called in at a radio station tell Don and what does Don do about it?

6. What kind of people does Don seem to meet?

7. With whom does Don finally share his entire story and how did it go?

8. What is one of the major changes Eva faces during Don's recovery? How does Don react to that change?

9. What does Don tell about waking up and having someone holding his hand and what does he find out about that?

10. What two things does Don realize after sharing his story with others?

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

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,272 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample