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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 is Joni's mother's name?

2. What did Dr. Sherrill tell Joni and her parents about her injury after the surgery?

3. What type of surgery was performed to repair Joni's spine?

4. What hospital was Joni taken to for her second back surgery?

5. What date did Joni's doctor want her to be able to go home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Joni resolve to do when she arrived at Greenoaks?

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

4. When Joni arrived home from Rancho Los Amigos she became depressed. Describe some of the things she went through during that time.

5. How did Kathy rescue Joni from the water?

6. How did Rancho Los Amigos compare to Greenoaks?

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

8. Jason's view on the accident was much different than Dick's. What was his opinion?

9. What type of person was Joni's mother?

10. What was BJ's advice to Joni?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Steve Estes was an important person who helped Joni strengthen her relationship with God and come to a new understanding of what God wanted from her. Describe how Steve helped Joni, and what he taught her. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Joni believed that her accident was divine intervention in her life. Discuss why she believed that and use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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