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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Betty's first marriage last?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

2. How does Betty describe her spirit body?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Weightless and extremely mobile.
(c) Thin and somewhat transparent.
(d) Sparkly.

3. When Betty experiences severe cramping, bleeding, and other complications during her seventh pregnancy, what do doctors advise?
(a) Deliver the baby early.
(b) Start hormonal therapy.
(c) Have an abortion.
(d) Go on round-the-clock bed rest.

4. What does Betty say about her beliefs regarding religion prior to her near-death experience?
(a) They remained uncertain for many years.
(b) They were set in stone.
(c) She became cynical.
(d) She became agnostic.

5. After feeling her spirit drawn out through her chest and pulled upwards, Betty experiences:
(a) Regret.
(b) A life review.
(c) Disorientation.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Betty says that we are at our most self-centered when we are:

2. This book is about a:

3. After watching television and falling asleep during the evening following her surgery, how does Betty feel when she wakes up?

4. At the same time that her voyage through the black mass picks up speed, Betty feels greater:

5. When Betty asks Jesus why there are so many religions, he replies that:

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Betty's perspective changed in this chapter?

2. What does Betty experience as she meets the man inside the light?

3. Contrast what Betty learns about God first at the Catholic boarding school and later at Brainard Indian Training School.

4. What does Betty say about Jesus' sense of humor?

5. At the moment that she feels her body go lifeless, what happens to her spirit?

6. What does Betty see people doing in the looms room?

7. How does Betty use imagery in this chapter to convey the essence of the garden she visits?

8. How do some of the events of Betty's childhood foreshadow what she is about to cover later in the book?

9. Describe the garden setting.

10. Explain the "natural consequence" nature of the laws Jesus shares with Betty.

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