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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. When Betty sees spirits eagerly awaiting their turn on earth, she notes that they regard life on earth as what?

2. As Betty prepares to leave heaven, she realizes that:

3. Who appears next to Betty right before her life review?

4. What do those gathered at Betty's farewell from the spirit world begin to do?

5. Betty says that regardless of whether someone is great or small, talented or handicapped, sinner or saint, in the spirit world:

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Betty conclude at the end of the book?

2. What does Betty say about other worlds?

3. What is the purpose of the lessons we learn during our time on earth?

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

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

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

7. How does Betty use symbolism in this chapter?

8. Through the love she experiences as she bids farewell to the heavenly realm, what does Betty conclude regarding the significance of each soul?

9. Describe how Betty feels upon returning to her body.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Describe Betty's lengthy interaction with Jesus in heaven.

2. How does she feel towards him?

3. What does she learn about him?

4. At the end of their conversation, what impression is she left regarding Jesus? How does this differ from how she felt about Jesus before her near-death experience?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Betty's descriptions of heaven with what we see and experience here on earth. What similarities do you note? What stands as being significantly different?

Essay Topic 3

Through her descriptions, Betty tries to incorporate all of the senses to give the reader a more complete picture of her experience. For each sense -- sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell -- select a passage from the book and analyze how her written description triggers that particular sense.

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