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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. Colton was full of what?

2. Pop had died in what year?

3. Todd called Colton over and showed him the artwork, offering the standard line, "What's wrong with this one?" How did the boy react?

4. Colton constantly repeated what fact?

5. The boy said that he saw who fighting too?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whywas Colton's comment about Pop important?

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

3. Who is Akiane Kramarik? How is she important?

4. What information did Colton give about his sister who his mother had miscarried? How do his parents react? Why?

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

6. Why did Colton not recognize Pop? Why did he later recognize him? What might this say about heaven?

7. Why did the Burpos begin to view children differently?

8. Why might Colton have liked "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe?"

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

10. How was the family changed by this event?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Between Todd's medical problems and Colton's near death, the family's finances are depleted.

Part 1) How have these events depleted their finances? How do they deal with this debt? Why do they deal with it in this way? What does this reveal about them and about Colton?

Part 2) What is surprising about the way in which they are able to pay their bills? How might this have happened? Is it merely good luck, or is there a higher being involved? Why do you believe this? Use information from the book to support your response.

Part 3) What miracles have you witnessed in your own life? How have you explained these miracles? How have these miracles affected your own life? How were the Burpos affected by the miracles in their lives?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Colton grows sick again.

Part 1) Why has Colton become sick again after the surgery? What do his family and doctor decide to do? How does this lead to more complications? How does this affect the mood of the book?

Part 2) How do others react to Colton's second bout of illness? What connection might this have to his getting better? How is his quick healing so surprising? What do you believe might be the explanation for his getting better so quickly?

Part 3) Do you believe that there is more to healing than the use of medicine? How much of one's ability to heal is due to one's body's abilities? How much is due to one's mental state? How much is due to prayer to various gods? Explain your answers.

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