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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. What did their new friend, Phil, suggest?
(a) Colton has appendicitis.
(b) Colton has the flu.
(c) Colton has a stomach virus.
(d) Colton has leukemia.

2. Usually he saw it where?
(a) In a hospice situation.
(b) At church.
(c) In Children's hospitals.
(d) Private homes.

3. Where did Todd find Sonja?
(a) Sitting by Colton's bedside.
(b) In the waiting room, calling family and friends on her cell phone.
(c) Raging at God.
(d) Crying in the waiting room.

4. What did the family agree to pay _________ as a matter of priority no matter what.
(a) Their tithe.
(b) The medical bills.
(c) Their education loans.
(d) Their mortgage.

5. Todd had to go to _________________, and they decided to turn it into a family trip to celebrate the fact that they had beaten cancer and two surgeries.
(a) A board meeting.
(b) A high school reunion.
(c) A teacher's conference.
(d) A high mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion did Norma make?

2. The parents hold on to what hope?

3. Where were the markers located?

4. Preparing for the trip was nerve-wracking as the desire to remain safe at home warred with the desire to do what?

5. They checked out the __________________ at the Butterfly Pavilion.

Short Essay Questions

1. What had happened on the last Burpo family vacation in March? How was this affecting their preparations for their current trip?

2. What complications occurred after the surgery?

3. How did Colton react at the funerals? Why?

4. How did Colton react after surgery? Why?

5. What challenges occurred prior to the ordering of a CT scan?

6. Why did Todd rage at God? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

7. What are the diagnoses given for Colton's illness? How could these pose a problem?

8. How did the Burpos realize something unusual has happened to their son?

9. Why did the flu or food poisoning seem to be likely causes for Colton's illness?

10. Who was stronger in this situation, Todd or Sonja? Why?

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