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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. How did Todd respond when Colton said it would be good to die because it would mean that he would go back to heaven?

2. Who sat on the other side of God?

3. Colton said whose chair was right next to his father's?

4. How did Colton react when his father showed some roadkill to teach him a lesson?

5. How were they able to use the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of this book?

2. Why might angels use swords? Is this necessary? Why or why not?

3. How did Colton make Ali Titus cry?

4. How had heaven become a normal part of Colton's life?

5. For what did Sonja ask the children to pray? Why might she do this?

6. How was the family's experience a gift?

7. How had Colton's experience in heaven made him more of a risk-taker? Is this good or bad? Why?

8. How were Sonja and the children's prayer important?

9. Why did Colton say his father's dying friend did not have to worry? Would you be calmed by this? Why or why not?

10. How was the family changed by this event?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colton wants readers to know that "heaven is for real."

Part 1) How is this purpose seen throughout the book? Might this be what God wants? Why or why not?

Part 2) Will all readers read this book and believe that heaven is for real? Why or why not?

Part 3) Do you believe that heaven is for real, as seen from Colton's point of view? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Colton knows about his father first deciding to be a pastor.

Part 1) When did Todd decide to be a pastor? What led him to this decision? How is it surprising that Colton knew about this decision and how he came to make it?

Part 2) How does this knowledge of Todd's decision to become a pastor help support the possibility that Colton went to heaven? What other proof is there in this book to support this astounding trip?

Part 3) In what ways could someone show this proof of a trip to heaven to be invalid? How can Colton's stories of heaven be proven to be nothing more than a little boy's imagination?

Essay Topic 3

The trip in March was to be celebratory.

Part 1) Why was the trip supposed to be celebratory? What had happened to the Burpo family prior to this trip? How had their faith and strength been tested? What did these previous challenges reveal about the Burpo family?

Part 2) How did the trip change? Why did it change? How did the various family members react to these changes? What do these reactions reveal about them?

Part 3) How, in the end, did this trip in March lead to celebration? When have you suffered and later realized it had led you to positive changes in your life and/or in the lives of others?

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