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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 realize about her adoptive child by the time the little girl is two-and-a-half years old?

2. What does the council of men tell Betty?

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

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

5. How can the angels tell which of our prayers are more urgent?

Short Essay Questions

1. After sinking further into self-pity upon returning to earth, Betty is saved by what?

2. Describe why a particular drunken man shown to Betty is regarded highly in the spirit world.

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

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

5. Who joins Betty in the garden?

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

7. How does Betty react to what the council of men has to say to her?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1. Explain how Betty develops a fear of God as a child. What gives rise to this fear? What other factors contribute?

2. Explain how Betty feels about God following the near-death experience she has as an adult. List some of the events that transpire and some of the lessons she learns that alter her view of God.

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