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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 Betty finally see in the distance of the swirling black mass?

2. At the age of 31, Betty was mother to how many children?

3. The flowers that Betty sees in the garden in the spiritual world are:

4. What happens after Betty's spirit hears a deep rumbling, rushing sound?

5. Following her hysterectomy procedure, how does Betty feel at nine o'clock when a nurse brings her evening medication?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Betty experiences as she feels the life force leaving her body.

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

3. How does Betty's uneasiness at the hospital foreshadow what is to come?

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

5. What can our illnesses teach us?

6. Describe Betty's otherworldly experience of immersing herself in a rose.

7. Describe what Betty experiences as she travels inside the vortex.

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

9. What does the experience of being a rose teach Betty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List five important lessons Betty learns while she's in the spirit world. Describe what surprises Betty most about each lesson learned and what surprises her least.

Essay Topic 2

Why is Betty able to feel so calm and at peace in the midst of her unusual experiences? Why does she feel "at home" in this alternate realm?

Essay Topic 3

While Betty is in heaven, she "remembers" many things that she had forgotten while living her life on earth.

1. Explain how Betty's "remembering" takes place.

2. List some of the things she remembers.

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