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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 type of background did Don have?

2. After Joni prayed so hard to be healed and wasn't, how did she feel?

3. In the fall of 1970, what did Joni think that God's plan for her was?

4. What type of relationship did Joni and Don begin to develop?

5. What book of the Bible did Joni quote from to teach girls about God's will?

Short Essay Questions

1. Steve told Joni that their lives were "paintings in the making." What did he mean by that?

2. What were some of the things that Joni was able to do in Chapter 16?

3. What did Joni realize about pain and suffering?

4. What impressed Joni about Don?

5. Why was speaking to young people so important to Joni?

6. What did "Sources of Irritation" teach Joni?

7. What did "working things out through love" mean to Joni?

8. Joni and Don developed a strong relationship. Describe their relationship.

9. Joni believed that relationships have serious consequences. What did she believe were some of those circumstances?

10. What did Joni and Don believe that God's will was?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joni had an important romantic relationship with Donald Bertolli. Describe how that relationship helped, as well as hindered, her relationship with God. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Joni's feelings regarding her situation differed from those of other patients she encountered in the hospital and rehab centers. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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