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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 shapes a person's soul?

2. What suffocates Chris?

3. What keeps Ann from making a connection with Chris?

4. For what details about Ann's husband does Chris ask?

5. What does Chris say about his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first meeting between Chris and Ann.

2. What happens to Chris when he is tricked by a gang of men in the Lower Realm?

3. What does Chris do to try to make a connection with Ann and what is her response?

4. How does Chris decide where and with whom to reincarnate?

5. Has Albert ever been in the Lower Realms?

6. How does Chris use gratitude to help his frame of mind and to reach out again to Ann?

7. Once Chris decides he will reincarnate soon, what does he have to learn first?

8. Briefly describe Ann's home in Hell.

9. Where is Chris at the opening to Chapter 36 and what has he accomplished?

10. What is ironic about Ann's response to Chris when he asks her about her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1, Chris separates from his body and his life flashes before his eyes in reverse from 1974 to 1927 in a blur of images. Then, later in Chapter 4, Chris has a comprehensive review of his life and actions, this time slowly and with great clarity. Discuss the following:

What do you think is the purpose of Chris' life flashing past his mind in Chapter 1?

What do you think is the purpose of the comprehensive review in Chapter 4?

Who judges Chris' life? Do you think this is a good way to conduct and after-death judgment?

What judgment is rendered about Chris' life?

Essay Topic 2

When Chris finally lets go, he finds a feeling of peace. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think letting go resulted in peace for Chris?

2. Do you think letting go and finding peace is a metaphor for some aspects of life?

3. How does Ann finally "let go"?

Essay Topic 3

Despite Chris' intense love for his wife, Ann, he is unable to make a connection with her while she is still in the physical plane and barely manages to get her to acknowledge his existence in the spirit world. Discuss the following:

1. There's a cliché that suggests that "love conquers all." What does love fail to conquer in the story and what does love conquer in the story?

2. Ann's refusal to feel Chris's connection seems to be motivated by her head, rather than heart. Do you think this is true? Why? Give examples.

3. In what other ways do you see the existence of love in the story?

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