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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Betty most about spirits in their pre-mortal existence?
(a) Their wit and bravado.
(b) How transparent they are.
(c) How timid they are.
(d) Their beauty and glory.

2. What do those gathered at Betty's farewell from the spirit world begin to do?
(a) Sing spontaneously.
(b) Recite a memorized poem.
(c) Bring her gifts.
(d) Dance with her.

3. What are some of the spirits who come into the garden wearing?
(a) Soft pastel gowns.
(b) Crowns.
(c) Bold blue capes.
(d) Masks.

4. What does Betty experience after her spirit slips back into her body?
(a) Bliss and joy.
(b) Disorientation and vertigo.
(c) Pain, sickness, and electric shocks.
(d) Calm, strength, and tremendous energy.

5. How much time elapses before Betty decides to return to the hospital and meet with the surgeon who had done her procedure?
(a) Three months.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) One year.

6. As Betty finds herself at the center of much adoration, she realizes that every soul is:
(a) Able to sing.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Of infinite worth.
(d) A tiny pebble in a large sea.

7. How can the angels tell which of our prayers are more urgent?
(a) They flap more intensely.
(b) They are louder.
(c) They're lifted up by red balloons.
(d) They are brighter.

8. In the garden, Betty recognizes the spirits as what?
(a) Grandparents, aunts, and uncles.
(b) Friends.
(c) Security guards.
(d) Professors.

9. What do the spirits begin to do once they've gathered around Betty in the garden?
(a) Greet her.
(b) Lecture her.
(c) Spin.
(d) Dance.

10. When the spirits in heaven show Betty a drunken man on earth, what does she first see in this person?
(a) A remarkable soul and an enlightened spirit.
(b) A drunken bum lying in his wallow.
(c) A man beat up by the cruelty on earth.
(d) The face of Jesus in the man.

11. How does the author return to earth after traveling through the spirit world?
(a) Back through the tunnel.
(b) By simply finding herself back in the hospital room.
(c) Escorted by a thousand silver angels.
(d) Riding a beam of light.

12. With the "ripple effect," any act of cruelty or kindness does what?
(a) Fades off into oblivion.
(b) Blends with other acts until they're all indistinguishable.
(c) Is either condemned or cheered in the spirit world.
(d) Returns to the one who originally performed the act.

13. How long does it take Betty to finally agree to share her otherworldly experiences in a book?
(a) Nineteen years.
(b) Thirty-six years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Two years.

14. In heaven, Betty is told that when a person dies traumatically, the spirit leaves the body:
(a) Quickly.
(b) Without looking back.
(c) Temporarily.
(d) Through the top of the head.

15. Can our prayers help our friends and family members?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only friends.
(c) Only close family members.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Betty force herself to participate in some time after returning to her body in order to enjoy life again?

2. Betty sees prayers coming from earth as what?

3. With her difficult adjustment back into her body, how does Betty feel after her return to earth?

4. Betty says that the only thing we can take with us from our earthly lives is:

5. What saves Betty from the condition she finds herself in after returning to her body?

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