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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. Sum: Once you make it through the pain segment of your remembered life:

2. Mary: When did God become disenchanted with man?

3. Mary: How does God feel about Mary?

4. Mary: Which of his creations does God relate to the most?

5. Metamorphosis: What is the final death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mirrors: In this story death is a two part process. The first death comes when a person takes their final breath, but the second part does not come until later. What kills the person the second time?

2. The Unnatural: What do you choose in this afterlife that you believe will help the world?

3. Circle of Friends: This afterlife is populated by people who you felt were important enough to remember from your life. You never meet a stranger and you have the chance to renew old bonds and friendships. However, people are not happy here. Why?

4. Oz: Who gets to see God in this story?

5. Oz: What does God say is the true measure of bravery?

6. Mary: What disappoints God the most about his relationship with humans?

7. Scales: What is so special about the relationship between God and humans in this afterlife?

8. Adhesion: What is the adhesive (alluded to in the title) that holds humans together in this story?

9. Metamorphosis: In this story, people die three deaths. The last death occurs when their name is said for the last time on earth. Why will some people be stuck waiting forever for their name to be called for the final time?

10. Egalitaire: How did the people who died feel about this afterlife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Apostasy:

In this story God is a woman who wishes to provide those entering the afterlife with the Book of Truth, a book that reveals all the answers they have been looking for. She forces any apostates to leave Heaven out of fear that they will impart people with this knowledge before she can. This God seems fairly vain and self-serving. Why do you think that is? Do you think it is significant that the author made this god a woman? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Ineffable:

Everything in this story goes to an afterlife when it dies. That includes people, furniture and court sessions. Even our cells go to their own afterlife when we die.

How do you think this is possible? Does this mean that everything has a soul? An energy? A life on earth? Why do you think the way you do?

Essay Topic 3

Egalitaire:

The god in this story finds herself torn about how to judge people. She realizes that no one is all good or all bad; as a result Heaven is filled with people who feel that they are each in their own kind of hell. Why are the people in Heaven unhappy? What is it about their personalities and their earthly lives that makes them unable to get along with each other? What would you have done if you were this god?

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