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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. The family _____________ the pain that they had to go through.

2. Todd told him a Bible story about _______________ and began to wonder about God's throne.

3. What did Colton do when the family asked him to look at drawings and paintings of Christ?

4. Todd explained that the events occurred how?

5. During the evening Ali had discovered Colton crying, and when she asked him what was wrong, what did he tell her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Colton sit in heaven? What might this say about God?

2. How was the family changed by this event?

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

4. What did Colton know about his father becoming a pastor? Why is this important?

5. How did Colton make an impact on Ali Titus?

6. How did Colton make Ali Titus cry?

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

8. How was the story of Solomon important? Why was this important to Todd?

9. Why was Colton so upset by Satan?

10. Who was next to God in heaven? How does this support the Bible?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before being diagnosed with appendicitis, Colton is misdiagnosed.

Part 1) How is Colton's appendicitis first diagnosed? How is it misdiagnosed again? What leads to the wrong diagnoses? How do they affect Colton and his family? How different would this story be if Colton's appendicitis had been diagnosed correctly the first time?

Part 2) If given the chance, would the Burpo family go back and change the events of this story so that Colton was diagnosed correctly the first time? Why or why not?

Part 3) When you have suffered from set-backs, illness, or challenges that led to positive outcomes, would you have to change the past so those challenges never occurred? 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

Heaven is filled with children.

Part 1) Describe this child-filled heaven. Why might heaven be filled with children? How does the author prove that Colton's story about heaven is true? What information does he provide to back this claim that heaven is filled with children?

Part 2) How does this new information about heaven affect the Burpo family? How does their view of children change? How might this book change others views of children?

Part 3) What do you see as the importance of children? What role do they play in society? How can adults learn from them?

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