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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. When Betty sees spirits eagerly awaiting their turn on earth, she notes that they regard life on earth as what?
(a) Easy.
(b) School.
(c) Confusing.
(d) A thrill ride.

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

3. How long does Betty say she spent visiting many of God's creations?
(a) Weeks, even months.
(b) Seconds.
(c) Months, even years.
(d) Hours.

4. After the spirits show Betty who the drunken man really is, what does Betty see?
(a) Someone she hopes to never meet.
(b) Someone stuck in the first level of spiritual growth.
(c) A magnificent man full of light.
(d) A man tormented by demons.

5. Betty states that even though she and Joe help their adult children through painful moments, they can never:
(a) Replace guardian angels.
(b) Offer advice.
(c) Live their lives for them.
(d) Go back to how things were.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Betty say about a mother's prayers for her children?

2. Why does the surgeon cry after talking to Betty about her near-death experience?

3. In the garden, Betty recognizes the spirits as what?

4. How does Betty react to what the council of men tells her?

5. At the beginning of the book's last chapter, who comes into Betty's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Betty writes about the spirits waiting to come to earth.

2. Who is the baby Betty and her husband adopt, and how is it that Betty already knows her?

3. Summarize what Betty says about what we can take with us from this life to the spirit world.

4. Who joins Betty in the garden?

5. What does Betty say about other worlds?

6. Why does Betty meet with a council of twelve men?

7. How does Betty describe the prayers that arrive in heaven?

8. What happens after Betty makes her decision before the council of men?

9. How does Betty use symbolism in this chapter?

10. What does Betty say about being God's children?

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