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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 did Jay do weekly for Joni and her roommates at Greenoaks?

2. What did Joni's doctors have to do to prevent her from continuing to get bedsores?

3. How did Joni feel when she arrived home?

4. What was Joni's official diagnosis?

5. Which family member stayed in the hospital round the clock for the first few days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the doctors do to reduce Joni's likelihood of getting bed sores? Did it help?

2. What guilt did Joni have about her relationship with Jason?

3. How did Joni and her parents misunderstand what the fusion surgery would do for her?

4. How did Joni learn to maneuver her wheelchair on her own?

5. What was Mrs. Barber's attitude toward the patients at Greenoaks?

6. How did Joni start acting differently in Chapter 6?

7. What did Diana tell Joni about not giving up in Chapter 8?

8. What did Joni's therapy-aide warn her family about when she went home for a visit?

9. What did Joni work on in physical therapy?

10. Before Joni's accident occurred she had prayed "Lord do something in my life to change me and turn me around." What did Joni come to believe God had done to answer that prayer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joni's faith played a very important role in her life. Discuss what role her faith played. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

At one point Joni started reading and learning about secular philosophies of life. Discuss what she learned by reading these philosophies and why they ultimately led her back to God.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book Joni had different views on what God's will was in her life. Describe her changing views and use examples from the book.

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